Slackware::Slackget::SpecialFiles::CHECKSUMS - An interface for the special file CHECKSUMS.md5

Version 1.0.0

This class contain all methods for the treatment of the CHECKSMUMS.md5 file

    use Slackware::Slackget::SpecialFiles::CHECKSUMS;

    my $spec_chk = Slackware::Slackget::SpecialFiles::CHECKSUMS->new('CHECKSUMS.md5','slackware');
    $spec_chk->compile();
    my $ref = $spec_chk->get_checksums('glibc-profile-2.3.4-i486-1');
    print "Checksum for glibc-profile-2.3.4-i486-1.tgz : $ref->{checksum}\n";
    print "Checksum for glibc-profile-2.3.4-i486-1.tgz.asc : $ref->{'signature-checksum'}\n";

All classes from the Slackware::Slackget::SpecialFiles:: namespace need the followings methods :

	- a contructor new()
	- a method compil()
	- a method get_result(), which one can be an alias on another method of the class.

Moreover, the get_result() methode need to return a hashref. Keys of this hashref are the filenames.

Classes from ths namespace represent an abstraction of the special file they can manage so informations stored in the returned hashref must have a direct link with this special file.

The constructor take three argument : the file CHECKSUMS.md5 with his all path, a Slackware::Slackget::Config object and an id name.

	my $spec_chk = Slackware::Slackget::SpecialFiles::CHECKSUMS->new('/home/packages/CHECKSUMS.md5',$config,'slackware');

The constructor return undef if the file does not exist.

This method take no arguments, and extract the list of couple (file/checksum). Those couple are store into an internal data structure.

	$spec_chk->compile();

This method return a Slackware::Slackget::Package object containing 2 keys : checksum and signature-checksum, wich are respectively the file checksum and the GnuPG signature (.asc) checksum. The object can contain more inforations (like the package-source and package-location). This method is the same that get_package().

	my $ref = $spec_chk->get_checksums($package_name) ;

This method return undef if $package_name doesn't exist in the data structure.

Return informations relative to a packages as a Slackware::Slackget::Package object.

	my $package_object = $spec_chk->get_package($package_name) ;

Alias for get_checksums()

Same as to_xml(), provided for backward compatibility.

Translate the internale data structure into a single XML string.

WARNING: this method is for debug ONLY, YOU NEVER HAVE TO CALL IT IN NORMAL USE.

DUPUIS Arnaud, <a.dupuis@infinityperl.org>

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-Slackware-Slackget@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Slackware-Slackget. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Slackware::Slackget

You can also look for information at:

* Infinity Perl website

http://www.infinityperl.org/category/slack-get

* slack-get specific website

http://slackget.infinityperl.org

* RT: CPAN's request tracker

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Slackware-Slackget

* AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

http://annocpan.org/dist/Slackware-Slackget

* CPAN Ratings

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Slackware-Slackget

* Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Slackware-Slackget

Thanks to Bertrand Dupuis (yes my brother) for his contribution to the documentation.

Copyright 2005 DUPUIS Arnaud, All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.