Sack

class dnf.sack.Sack

The package sack. Contains metadata information about all known packages, installed and available.

query(flags=hawkey.APPLY_EXCLUDES)

Return a Query for querying packages contained in this sack.

Package filtering is applied when creating the query object. The behavior can be adapted using flags. Possible flags:

Flag	Value meaning
hawkey.APPLY_EXCLUDES	Apply all package filtering.
hawkey.IGNORE_EXCLUDES	Ignore all package filtering.
hawkey.IGNORE_REGULAR_EXCLUDES	Ignore regular excludes defined by configuration files or the command line.
hawkey.IGNORE_MODULAR_EXCLUDES	Ignore modular filtering.

dnf.sack.rpmdb_sack(base)

Returns a new instance of sack containing only installed packages (@System repo). Useful to get list of the installed RPMs after transaction.