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Debian::Debget(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Debian::Debget(3pm)

NAME

       Debian::Debget - helper functions used by debget et al

SYNOPSIS

       XXX

DESCRIPTION

       These are functions used by debget and related scripts, but you can use them, too.  I will do everything possible to retain backwards
       compatibility for the interfaces documented here.

       Most of these functions will "die" if they're called in a context (scalar, list) which doesn't match what they expect.  This is so that I
       will be able to change them to return something different in the other context without breaking old code.

IMPORTABLES

       binary_package_info package
	   This function returns some information about a binary package.

	   If the package isn't found nothing is returned.  If it is found, the return value is a data structure like this:

	       $r->{$distribution}{$architecture} = $version;
	       # $distribution => 'stable', 'experimental', etc.
	       # $architecture => 'i386', 'powerpc', etc.

	   If something goes seriously wrong binary_package_info will "die".

       source_package_info package
	   This function returns some information about a source package.

	   If the package isn't found nothing is returned.  If it is found, the return value is a data structure like this:

	       $r->{$distribution} = [$version, @binary_package_list];
	       # $distribution => 'stable', 'experimental', etc.
	       # $version      => '123.4-5', etc.
	       # @binary_package_list => qw(nethack-common nethack-x11), etc.

       cmp_debian_versions v1, v2
	   This is like "cmp" for Debian package version numbers.  It is prototyped to take 2 scalar arguments, so it can be used as-is as a
	   "sort" comparison function.

       upstream_version debian-version
	   This returns the upstream version extracted from the given debian-version

       pool_dir package
	   This returns the pool directory (starting at the "pool/" level) in which files for package are stored.  package can be either a binary
	   or source package name.

SEE ALSO

       debget(1), AptPkg(3pm)

AUTHOR

       Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>

perl v5.10.0							    2008-12-12						       Debian::Debget(3pm)

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)