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NAME

dbedia::Debian - helper functions to use http://dbedia.org/Debian/

SYNOPSIS

    use dbedia::Debian;
    my %provides = %{dbedia::Debian->perl_provides};

DESCRIPTION

An experiment.

PROPERTIES

none so far

METHODS

new()

Object constructor.

PERL_PROVIDES_FILENAME()

returns path to the apt-pm cache file.

parse_filename($filename)

Parses .deb filename an returns ($deb_package_name, $deb_package_version, $deb_package_architecture).

perl_provides()

Returns hash reference with Perl packages as keys and the location as values:

   "Moose::Util" => {
      "0.87" => {
         "pm_file" => "/usr/share/perl5/Moose/Util.pm",
         "filename" => "libmoose-perl_0.87-1_all.deb",
         "folder" => "pool/main/libm/libmoose-perl"
      },
      "0.54" => {
         "pm_file" => "/usr/share/perl5/Moose/Util.pm",
         "filename" => "libmoose-perl_0.54-1_all.deb",
         "folder" => "pool/main/libm/libmoose-perl"
      },
      "0.86" => {
         "pm_file" => "/usr/share/perl5/Moose/Util.pm",
         "filename" => "libmoose-perl_0.86-1_all.deb",
         "folder" => "pool/main/libm/libmoose-perl"
      },
      "0.80" => {
         "pm_file" => "/usr/share/perl5/Moose/Util.pm",
         "filename" => "libmoose-perl_0.80-1_all.deb",
         "folder" => "pool/main/libm/libmoose-perl"
      }
   },
   ...

perl_provides_update()

Refresh PERL_PROVIDES_FILENAME() from http://dbedia.com/Debian/

find_perl_module_package($module_name, $min_version)

For given $module_name and $min_version required looks up a Debian package. Returns Debian package name in scalar context and name + version in array context.

NOTE: the hash with perl_provides will be loaded and cached first time used and the memory will not be released until program ends.

AUTHOR

Jozef Kutej, <jkutej at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-dbedia-debian at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=dbedia-Debian. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc dbedia::Debian

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Jozef Kutej, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.