Dpkg::Control::HashCore
Section: libdpkg-perl (3perl)
Updated: 2021-02-15
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NAME
Dpkg::Control::HashCore - parse and manipulate a block of RFC822-like 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. Supported options
are:
-
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.2)
New method:
$c->
parse_error().
Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.17.0)
Mark the module as public.