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NAME
AptPkg::PkgRecords - APT package description class
SYNOPSIS
use AptPkg::PkgRecords;
DESCRIPTION
The AptPkg::PkgRecords module provides an interface to the parsed
contents of package files.
AptPkg::PkgRecords
The AptPkg::PkgRecords package Implements the APT pkgRecords class.
An instance of the AptPkg::PkgRecords class may be fetched using the
"packages" method from an AptPkg::Cache object.
Methods
lookup(PACK)
Return a hash (or hash reference, depending on context) for the
given package.
PACK may either be an AptPkg::Cache::VerFile object, an
AptPkg::Cache::DescFile object or a package name.
The hash contains the following keys:
"FileName", "Checksum-FileSize", "MD5Hash", "SHA256",
"SourcePkg", "Maintainer", "ShortDesc", "LongDesc" and "Name".
with values taken from the packages or translation file.
Note that "LongDesc" is generally not useful for
AptPkg::Cache::VerFile objects, which refer to the Packages file, as
these no longer contain the full description (now in the Translation
files).
If PACK is a package name, these additional values are set:
"Section" and "VerStr".
and the following values are overridden with the translated
versions:
"ShortDesc" and "LongDesc".
SEE ALSO
AptPkg::Cache(3pm), AptPkg(3pm).
AUTHOR
Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
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