AptPkg::System(3pm)

NAME

AptPkg::System - APT system abstraction class

use AptPkg::System;

The AptPkg::System module provides an interface to APT's system
abstraction mechanism.
AptPkg::System: The AptPkg::System package implements the APT pkgSystem class.; An instance of the AptPkg::System class appropriate for the particular back-end packaging system (deb, rpm, etc.) may be fetched using the
system method from AptPkg::Config.; A global instance of the libapt-pkg _system instance is provided as
$AptPkg::System::_system, and may be imported.; The following methods are implemented:; label
Return the description of the packaging system, for example:

Debian dpkg interface

for Debian systems.; lock
Lock the packaging system.; unlock(QUIET)
Unlock the packaging system, ignoring errors if QUIET is non-zero.; versioning
Return an instance of the AptPkg::Version class for this system.

Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>