Dpkg::Vendor

Section: libdpkg-perl (3)
Updated: 2016-04-25
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NAME

Dpkg::Vendor - get access to some vendor specific information

DESCRIPTION

The files in $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/ can provide information about various vendors who are providing Debian packages. Currently those files look like this:

  Vendor: Debian
  Vendor-URL: https://www.debian.org/
  Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org

If the vendor derives from another vendor, the file should document the relationship by listing the base distribution in the Parent field:

  Parent: Debian

The file should be named according to the vendor name.

FUNCTIONS

$dir = Dpkg::Vendor::get_vendor_dir(): Returns the current dpkg origins directory name, where the vendor files are stored.
$fields = Dpkg::Vendor::get_vendor_info($name): Returns a Dpkg::Control object with the information parsed from the corresponding vendor file in $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/. If $name is omitted, it will use $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/default which is supposed to be a symlink to the vendor of the currently installed operating system. Returns undef if there's no file for the given vendor.
$name = Dpkg::Vendor::get_vendor_file($name): Check if there's a file for the given vendor and returns its name.
$name = Dpkg::Vendor::get_current_vendor(): Returns the name of the current vendor. If DEB_VENDOR is set, it uses that first, otherwise it falls back to parsing $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/default. If that file doesn't exist, it returns undef.
$object = Dpkg::Vendor::get_vendor_object($name): Return the Dpkg::Vendor::* object of the corresponding vendor. If $name is omitted, return the object of the current vendor. If no vendor can be identified, then return the Dpkg::Vendor::Default object.
Dpkg::Vendor::run_vendor_hook($hookid, @params): Run a hook implemented by the current vendor object.

CHANGES

Version 1.01

New function: get_vendor_dir().

Version 1.00

Mark the module as public.