NAME

DESCRIPTION

It is also the entry point to the Dpkg module hierarchy.

VARIABLES

$Dpkg::PROGNAME

Contains the name of the current program.

$Dpkg::PROGVERSION

Contains the version of the dpkg suite.

$Dpkg::PROGMAKE

Contains the name of the system GNU make program.

$Dpkg::PROGTAR

Contains the name of the system GNU tar program.

$Dpkg::PROGPATCH

Contains the name of the system GNU patch program (or another implementation that is directory traversal resistant).

$Dpkg::CONFDIR

Contains the path to the dpkg system configuration directory.

$Dpkg::ADMINDIR

Contains the path to the dpkg database directory.

$Dpkg::LIBDIR

Contains the path to the dpkg methods and plugins directory.

$Dpkg::DATADIR

Contains the path to the dpkg architecture tables directory.

MODULES

Dpkg

This module, core variables.

Dpkg::Arch

Architecture handling functions.

Dpkg::Build::Info

Build information functions.

Dpkg::BuildFlags

Set, modify and query compilation build flags.

Dpkg::BuildOptions

Parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.

Dpkg::BuildProfiles

Parse and manipulate build profiles.

Dpkg::Changelog

Parse changelogs.

Dpkg::Changelog::Entry

Represents a changelog entry.

Dpkg::Changelog::Parse

Generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog.

Dpkg::Checksums

Generate and parse checksums.

Dpkg::Compression

Simple database of available compression methods.

Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle

Transparently compress and decompress files.

Dpkg::Compression::Process

Wrapper around compression tools.

Dpkg::Conf

Parse dpkg configuration files.

Dpkg::Control

Parse and manipulate Debian control information (.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.).

Dpkg::Control::Changelog

Represent fields output by dpkg-parsechangelog.

Dpkg::Control::Fields

Manage (list of known) control fields.

Dpkg::Control::Hash

Parse and manipulate a block of RFC822-like fields.

Dpkg::Control::Info

Parse files like debian/control.

Dpkg::Control::Tests

Parse files like debian/tests/control.

Dpkg::Control::Tests::Entry

Represents a debian/tests/control stanza.

Dpkg::Deps

Parse and manipulate dependencies.

Dpkg::Deps::Simple

Represents a single dependency statement.

Dpkg::Deps::Multiple

Base module to represent multiple dependencies.

Dpkg::Deps::Union

List of unrelated dependencies.

Dpkg::Deps::AND

List of AND dependencies.

Dpkg::Deps::OR

List of OR dependencies.

Dpkg::Deps::KnownFacts

List of installed and virtual packages.

Dpkg::Exit

Push, pop and run exit handlers.

Dpkg::Gettext

Wrapper around Locale::gettext.

Dpkg::IPC

Spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data.

Dpkg::Index

Collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for example).

Dpkg::Interface::Storable

Base object serializer.

Dpkg::Path

Common path handling functions.

Dpkg::Source::Format

Parse and manipulate debian/source/format files.

Dpkg::Source::Package

Extract Debian source packages.

Dpkg::Substvars

Substitute variables in strings.

Dpkg::Vendor

Identify current distribution vendor.

Dpkg::Version

Parse and manipulate Debian package versions.

CHANGES