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

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

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

See the DPKG::Parse::Entry manpage 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

the DPKG::Parse manpage, the DPKG::Parse::Entry manpage

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.