Debian::Control − manage Debian source package control files
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\n" . " Foo makes this and that" );
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.
source
An instance of Debian::Control::Stanza::Source class. Contains the source stanza of the Debian source package control file.
binary
A hash reference 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.
binary_tie
A Tie::IxHash object tied to the binary hash.
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.
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.
Debian::Control::Stanza::Source, Debian::Control::Stanza::Binary, Debian::Control::FromCPAN
Copyright (C) 2009 Damyan Ivanov dmn AT debian DOT 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.