NAME

DPKG::Parse::Packages - Parse the Packages file

SYNOPSIS

use DPKG::Parse::Packages;

my $packages = DPKG::Parse::Packages->new(
    'filename' => '/usr/src/packages/Packages',
);
while (my $entry = $packages->next_package) {
    print $entry->package . " " . $entry->version . "\n";
}

my $postfix = $packages->get_package('name' => 'postfix');

DESCRIPTION

DPKG::Parse::Packages parses a dpkg/apt style Packages file and turns each entry into a DPKG::Parse::Entry object.

See DPKG::Parse for more information on the get_package and next_package methods.

See DPKG::Parse::Entry for more information on the entry objects.

METHODS

new('filename' => '/usr/src/packages/Packages')

Creates a new DPKG::Parse::Packages object. By default, it tries to open /usr/src/packages/Packages.

SEE ALSO

DPKG::Parse, DPKG::Parse::Entry

AUTHOR

Adam Jacob, holoway@cpan.org

LICENSE

This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.