Debian::Control(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Debian::Control(3pm)NAME
Debian::Control - manage Debian source package control files
SYNOPSIS
my $c = Debian::Control->new(); # construct a new
$c->read($file); # parse debian/control file
$c->write($file); # write to file
print $c->source->Source;
print $c->source->Build_Depends; # Debian::Dependencies object
$c->binary->{'libfoo-perl'}->Description(
"Foo Perl module
" .
" Foo makes this and that"
);
DESCRIPTION
Debian::Control can be used for representation and manipulation of Debian source package control files in an object-oriented way. It
provides easy reading and writing of the debian/control file found in Debian source packages.
FIELDS
source
An instance of Debian::Control::Stanza::Source class. Contains the source stanza of the Debian source package control file.
binary
A hash reference (actually Tie::IxHash instance) with keys being binary package names and values instances of
Debian::Control::Stanza::Binary class. Contains the information of the binary package stanzas of Debian source package control file.
CONSTRUCTOR
new Constructs a new Debian::Control instance.
The "source" field is initialized with an empty instance of Debian::Control::Stanza::Source and "binary" field is initialized with an
empty instance of Tie::IxHash.
METHODS
read file
Parse "control" in debian and populate "source" and "binary" accessors.
file can be either a file name, an opened file handle or a string scalar reference.
write file
Writes a debian/control-like file in file with the contents defined in the "source" and "binary" fields.
file can be either a file name, an opened file handle or a string scalar reference.
All dependency lists are sorted before writing.
is_arch_dep
Returns true if the package is architecture-dependent. This is determined by the "Architecture" field of the first binary package. If
it equals to "all", then the package is architecture-independent; otherwise it is architecture-dependent.
Returns undef if it is not possible to determine whether the package is architecture-dependent or not. This is the case when there are
no binary package stanzas present or the first has no "Archiitecture" field.
SEE ALSO
Debian::Control::Stanza::Source, Debian::Control::Stanza::Binary, Debian::Control::FromCPAN
COPYRIGHT &; LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009 Damyan Ivanov dmn@debian.org
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
perl v5.14.2 2012-01-15 Debian::Control(3pm)
