Debian 6.0.2

GNU/Linux	Debian 6.0.2 (Squeeze)
	AptPkg::PkgRecords(3pm)

AptPkg::PkgRecords

NAME

AptPkg::PkgRecords − APT package description class

use AptPkg::PkgRecords;

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, or a package name.

The hash contains the following keys:

"FileName", "MD5Hash", "SourcePkg", "Maintainer", "ShortDesc", "LongDesc" and "Name".

with values taken from the packages file. If PACK is a package name, these additional values are set:

"Section" and "VerStr".

Brendan O’Dea <bod@debian.org>

AptPkg::PkgRecords(3pm)