man Debian::Control (3): 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\n" .
" 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 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.

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.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

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.