enable APT in unpack/configure ordering to handle loops as well

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / orderlist.h

diff --git a/apt-pkg/orderlist.h b/apt-pkg/orderlist.h
index 264f7ba03814e7f1cf1ba92a7cfbc9d8f23fbffd..9588d30a57a58be117559899af3b874c7b8626d4 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/orderlist.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/orderlist.h
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ class pkgOrderList : protected pkgCache::Namespace
 
    typedef Package **iterator;
    
-   // State flags
+   /* State flags
+      The Loop flag can be set on a package that is currently being processed by either SmartConfigure or
+      SmartUnPack. This allows the package manager to tell when a loop has been formed as it will try to 
+      SmartUnPack or SmartConfigure a package with the Loop flag set. It will then either stop (as it knows
+      that the operation is unnecessary as its already in process), or in the case of the conflicts resolution
+      in SmartUnPack, use EarlyRemove to resolve the situation.  */
    enum Flags {Added = (1 << 0), AddPending = (1 << 1),
                Immediate = (1 << 2), Loop = (1 << 3),
                UnPacked = (1 << 4), Configured = (1 << 5),
@@ -91,6 +96,9 @@ class pkgOrderList : protected pkgCache::Namespace
    void Flag(PkgIterator Pkg,unsigned long State, unsigned long F) {Flags[Pkg->ID] = (Flags[Pkg->ID] & (~F)) | State;};
    inline void Flag(PkgIterator Pkg,unsigned long F) {Flags[Pkg->ID] |= F;};
    inline void Flag(Package *Pkg,unsigned long F) {Flags[Pkg->ID] |= F;};
+   // RmFlag removes a flag from a package 
+   inline void RmFlag(Package *Pkg,unsigned long F) {Flags[Pkg->ID] &= ~F;};
+   // IsNow will return true if the Pkg has been not been either configured or unpacked
    inline bool IsNow(PkgIterator Pkg) {return (Flags[Pkg->ID] & (States & (~Removed))) == 0;};
    bool IsMissing(PkgIterator Pkg);
    void WipeFlags(unsigned long F);