ui : move package operations into the backend

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/autoremove.py b/src/backend/autoremove.py
index 497d8e5..5c2ee7a 100644
--- a/src/backend/autoremove.py
+++ b/src/backend/autoremove.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+import atexit
+import io
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import sisyphus.check
 import sisyphus.database
-import sys
+import sisyphus.killportage
 
 def start():
     if sisyphus.check.root():
@@ -12,3 +15,14 @@ def start():
         sisyphus.database.syncLocal()
     else:
         sys.exit("\nYou need root permissions to do this, exiting!\n")
+
+def startqt():
+    portageExec = subprocess.Popen(['emerge', '--depclean'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    # kill portage if the program dies or it's terminated by the user
+    atexit.register(sisyphus.killportage.start, portageExec)
+
+    for portageOutput in io.TextIOWrapper(portageExec.stdout, encoding="utf-8"):
+        print(portageOutput.rstrip())
+
+    portageExec.wait()
+    sisyphus.database.syncLocal()