Debian::Dependency(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Debian::Dependency(3pm)
NAME
Debian::Dependency - dependency relationship between Debian packages
SYNOPSIS
# simple dependency
my $d = Debian::Dependency->new( 'perl' );
# also parses a single argument
my $d = Debian::Dependency->new('perl (>= 5.10)');
# dependency with a version
my $d = Debian::Dependency->new( 'perl', '5.10' );
# dependency with version and relation
my $d = Debian::Dependency->new( 'perl', '>=', '5.10' );
print $d->pkg; # 'perl'
print $d->ver; # '5.10'
# for people who like to type much
my $d = Debian::Dependency->new( { pkg => 'perl', ver => '5.10' } );
# stringification
print "$d" # 'perl (>= 5.10)'
# 'adding'
$deps = $dep1 + $dep2;
$deps = $dep1 + 'foo (>= 1.23)'
CLASS_METHODS
new()
Construnct a new instance.
new( { pkg => 'package', rel => '>=', ver => '1.9' } )
If a hash reference is passed as an argument, its contents are used to initialize the object.
new( [ { pkg => 'foo' }, 'bar (<= 3)' ] );
In an array reference is passed as an argument, its elements are used for constructing a dependency with alternatives.
new('foo (= 42)')
new('foo (= 42) | bar')
If a single argument is given, the construction is passed to the "parse" constructor.
new( 'foo', '1.4' )
Two arguments are interpreted as package name and version. The relation is assumed to be '>='.
new( 'foo', '=', '42' )
Three arguments are interpreted as package name, relation and version.
set Overrides the set method from Class::Accessor. Used to convert zero versions (for example 0 or 0.000) to void versions.
parse()
Takes a single string argument and parses it.
Examples:
perl
perl (>= 5.8)
libversion-perl (<< 3.4)
FIELDS
pkg Contains the name of the package that is depended upon
rel Contains the relation of the dependency. May be any of '<<', '<=', '=', '>=' or '>>'. Default is '>='.
ver Contains the version of the package the dependency is about. The value is an instance of Dpkg::Version class. If you set it to a scalar
value, that is given to Dpkg::Version->new().
"rel" and "ver" are either both present or both missing.
Examples
print $dep->pkg;
$dep->ver('3.4');
METHODS
satisfies($dep)
Returns true if $dep states a dependency that is already covered by this instance. In other words, if this method returns true, any
package satisfying the dependency of this instance will also satisfy $dep ($dep is redundant in dependency lists where this instance is
already present).
$dep can be either an instance of the Debian::Dependency class, or a plain string.
my $dep = Debian::Dependency->new('foo (>= 2)');
print $dep->satisfies('foo') ? 'yes' : 'no'; # no
print $dep->satisfies('bar') ? 'yes' : 'no'; # no
print $dep->satisfies('foo (>= 2.1)') ? 'yes' : 'no'; # yes
SEE ALSO
Debian::Dependencies
AUTHOR
Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
COPYRIGHT &; LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2008,2009,2010 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. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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