NAME
Dpkg::Control - parse and manipulate official control-like information
DESCRIPTION
The Dpkg::Control object is a smart version of Dpkg::Control::Hash. It
associates a type to the control information. That type can be used to
know what fields are allowed and in what order they must be output.
The types are constants that are exported by default. Here's the full
list:
CTRL_UNKNOWN
This type is the default type, it indicates that the type of
control information is not yet known.
CTRL_INFO_SRC
Corresponds to the first block of information in a debian/control
file in a Debian source package.
CTRL_INFO_PKG
Corresponds to subsequent blocks of information in a debian/control
file in a Debian source package.
CTRL_INDEX_SRC
Corresponds to an entry in a Sources file of an APT source package
repository.
CTRL_INDEX_PKG
Corresponds to an entry in a Packages file of an APT binary package
repository.
CTRL_PKG_SRC
Corresponds to a .dsc file of a Debian source package.
CTRL_PKG_DEB
Corresponds to the control file generated by dpkg-gencontrol
(DEBIAN/control) and to the same file inside .deb packages.
CTRL_FILE_CHANGES
Corresponds to a .changes file.
CTRL_FILE_VENDOR
Corresponds to a vendor file in /etc/dpkg/origins/.
CTRL_FILE_STATUS
Corresponds to an entry in dpkg's status file
(/var/lib/dpkg/status).
CTRL_CHANGELOG
Corresponds to the output of dpkg-parsechangelog.
FUNCTIONS
All the methods of Dpkg::Control::Hash are available. Those listed
below are either new or overridden with a different behaviour.
my $c = Dpkg::Control->new(%opts)
If the "type" option is given, it's used to setup default values
for other options. See set_options() for more details.
$c->set_options(%opts)
Changes the value of one or more options. If the "type" option is
changed, it is used first to define default values for others
options. The option "allow_pgp" is set to 1 for CTRL_PKG_SRC and
CTRL_FILE_CHANGES and to 0 otherwise. The option "drop_empty" is
set to 0 for CTRL_INFO_PKG and CTRL_INFO_SRC and to 1 otherwise.
The option "name" is set to a textual description of the type of
control information.
The output order is also set to match the ordered list returned by
Dpkg::Control::Fields::field_ordered_list($type).
$c->get_type()
Returns the type of control information stored. See the type
parameter set during new().
AUTHOR
Raphal Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.