AptPkg::PkgRecords(3pm)
NAME
AptPkg::PkgRecords - APT package description class
SYNOPSIS
use AptPkg::PkgRecords;
DESCRIPTION
- 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".
SEE ALSO
AptPkg::Cache(3pm), AptPkg(3pm).
AUTHOR
- Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>