Dpkg::Control::HashCore(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Control::HashCore(3perl)
NAME
Dpkg::Control::HashCore - parse and manipulate a stanza of deb822 fields
DESCRIPTION
The Dpkg::Control::Hash class is a hash-like representation of a set of
RFC822-like fields. The fields names are case insensitive and are always
capitalized the same when output (see field_capitalize() function in
Dpkg::Control::Fields). The order in which fields have been set is
remembered and is used to be able to dump back the same content. The
output order can also be overridden if needed.
You can store arbitrary values in the hash, they will always be properly
escaped in the output to conform to the syntax of control files. This is
relevant mainly for multilines values: while the first line is always
output unchanged directly after the field name, supplementary lines are
modified. Empty lines and lines containing only dots are prefixed with "
." (space + dot) while other lines are prefixed with a single space.
During parsing, trailing spaces are stripped on all lines while leading
spaces are stripped only on the first line of each field.
METHODS
$c = Dpkg::Control::Hash->new(%opts)
Creates a new object with the indicated options.
Options:
name The user friendly name of the information stored in the
object. It might be used in some error messages or warnings.
A default name might be set depending on the type.
allow_pgp
Configures the parser to accept OpenPGP signatures around
the control information. Value can be 0 (default) or 1.
allow_duplicate
Configures the parser to allow duplicate fields in the
control information. The last value overrides any previous
values. Value can be 0 (default) or 1.
keep_duplicate
Configure the parser to keep values for duplicate fields
found in the control information (when allow_duplicate is
enabled), as array references. Value can be 0 (default) or
1.
drop_empty
Defines if empty fields are dropped during the output. Value
can be 0 (default) or 1.
is_pgp_signed
Set by the parser (starting in dpkg 1.17.0) if it finds an
OpenPGP signature around the control information. Value can
be 0 (default) or 1, and undef when the option is not
supported by the code (in versions older than dpkg 1.17.0).
$c->set_options($option, %opts)
Changes the value of one or more options.
$value = $c->get_option($option)
Returns the value of the corresponding option.
$c->parse_error($file, $fmt, ...)
Prints an error message and dies on syntax parse errors.
$c->parse($fh, $description)
Parse a control file from the given filehandle. Exits in case of
errors. $description is used to describe the filehandle, ideally
it's a filename or a description of where the data comes from. It's
used in error messages. When called multiple times, the parsed
fields are accumulated.
Returns true if some fields have been parsed.
$c->load($file)
Parse the content of $file. Exits in case of errors. Returns true if
some fields have been parsed.
$c->find_custom_field($name)
Scan the fields and look for a user specific field whose name
matches the following regex: /X[SBC]*-$name/i. Return the name of
the field found or undef if nothing has been found.
$c->get_custom_field($name)
Identify a user field and retrieve its value.
$str = $c->output()
"$c"
Get a string representation of the control information. The fields
are sorted in the order in which they have been read or set except
if the order has been overridden with set_output_order().
$c->output($fh)
Print the string representation of the control information to a
filehandle.
$c->save($filename)
Write the string representation of the control information to a
file.
$c->set_output_order(@fields)
Define the order in which fields will be displayed in the output()
method.
$c->apply_substvars($substvars)
Update all fields by replacing the variables references with the
corresponding value stored in the Dpkg::Substvars object.
CHANGES
Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.21.0)
New option: "keep_duplicate" in new().
Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.2)
New method: $c->parse_error().
Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.17.0)
Mark the module as public.
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