fix bug 408897 for when profiles/repo_name is not the same as the layman overlay name.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/layman/api.py b/layman/api.py
index 3f33a42..2f6c183 100755
--- a/layman/api.py
+++ b/layman/api.py
@@ -550,7 +550,15 @@ class LaymanAPI(object):
                         display_news_notifications
                     portdb = db[root]["porttree"].dbapi
                     vardb = db[root]["vartree"].dbapi
-                    news_counts = count_unread_news(portdb, vardb, repos)
+                    # get the actual repo_name from portage
+                    # because it may be different than layman's name for it
+                    repo_names = []
+                    for repo in repos:
+                        ovl = self._get_installed_db().select(repo)
+                        ovl_path = os.path.join(ovl.config['storage'], repo)
+                        repo_names.append(portdb.getRepositoryName(ovl_path))
+                    self.output.debug("LaymanAPI: update_news(); repo_names =", repo_names, 4)
+                    news_counts = count_unread_news(portdb, vardb, repo_names)
                     display_news_notifications(news_counts)
                 except ImportError:
                     # deprecated funtionality, remove when the above method