Debian::Dependencies - a list of Debian::Dependency objects

    my $dl = Debian::Dependencies->new('perl, libfoo-perl (>= 3.4)');
    print $dl->[1]->ver;      # 3.4
    print $dl->[1];           # libfoo-perl (>= 3.4)
    print $dl;                # perl, libfoo-perl (>= 3.4)

    $dl += 'libbar-perl';
    print $dl;                # perl, libfoo-perl (>= 3.4), libbar-perl

    print Debian::Dependencies->new('perl') + 'libfoo-bar-perl';
                              # simple 'sum'

    print Debian::Dependencies->new('perl')
          + Debian::Dependencies->new('libfoo, libbar');
                              # add (concatenate) two lists

    print Debian::Dependencies->new('perl')
          + Debian::Dependency->new('foo');
                              # add depeendency to a list

Debian::Dependencies a list of Debian::Dependency objects, with automatic construction and stringification.

Objects of this class are blessed array references. You can safely treat them as arrayrefs, as long as the elements you put in them are instances of the Debian::Dependency class.

When used in string context, Debian::Dependencies converts itself into a comma-delimitted list of dependencies, suitable for dependency fields of debian/control files.

new(dependency-string)

Constructs a new Debian::Dependencies object. Accepts one scalar argument, which is parsed and turned into an arrayref of Debian::Dependency objects. Each dependency should be delimitted by a comma and optional space. The exact regular expression is /\s*,\s*/.

add( dependency[, ... ] )

Adds dependency (or a list of) to the list of dependencies. If the new dependency is a subset of or overlaps some of the old dependencies, it is not duplicated.

    my $d = Debian::Dependencies('foo, bar (<=4)');
    $d->add('foo (>= 4), bar');
    print "$d";     # foo (>= 4), bar (>= 4)

dependency can be either a Debian::Dependency object, a Debian::Deendencies object, or a string (in which case it is converted to an instance of the Debian::Dependencies class).

remove( dependency, ... ) =item remove( dependencies, ... )

Removes a dependency from the list of dependencies. Instances of Debian::Dependency and Debian::Dependencies classes are supported as arguments.

Any non-reference arguments are coerced to instances of Debian::Dependencies class.

Only dependencies that are subset of the given dependencies are removed:

    my $deps = Debian::Dependencies->new('foo (>= 1.2), bar');
    $deps->remove('foo, bar (>= 2.0)');
    print $deps;    # bar

Returns the list of the dependencies removed.

has( dep )

Return true if the dependency list contains given dependency. In other words, this returns true if the list of dependencies guarantees that the given dependency will be satisfied. For example, foo, bar satisfies foo, but not foo (>= 5).

prune()

This method is deprecated. If you want to sort the dependency list, either call sort or use normal perl sorting stuff on the dereferenced array.

sort()

Sorts the dependency list by packagee name, version and relation.

Debian::Dependency

Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>

Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010 Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>

Copyright (C) 2009 gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.