NAME

       DPKG::Parse::Status - Parse the "status" file

SYNOPSIS

           use DPKG::Parse::Status;

           my $status = DPKG::Parse::Status->new;
           while (my $entry = $status->next_package) {
               print $entry->package . " " . $entry->version . "\n";
           }

           my $postfix = $status->get_package('name' => 'postfix');

           my $postfix = $status->get_installed('name' => 'postfix');

DESCRIPTION

       DPKG::Parse::Status parses a dpkg "status" file and turns each entry into a
       DPKG::Parse::Entry object.  By default, it uses the Debian default location of
       "/var/lib/dpkg/status".

       See DPKG::Parse for more information on the get_package and next_package methods.

       See DPKG::Parse::Entry for more information on the entry objects.

METHODS

       new('filename' => '/var/lib/dpkg/status')
           Creates a new DPKG::Parse::Status object.  By default, it tries to open
           /var/lib/dpkg/status.

       parse
           Calls DPKG::Parse::parse, and populates the "installed" accessor with a hash of
           packages whose "status" is "install ok installed".

       get_installed('name' => 'postfix');
           Returns a DPKG::Parse::Entry object for the given package, or undef if it's not found.

SEE ALSO

       DPKG::Parse, DPKG::Parse::Entry

AUTHOR

       Adam Jacob, "holoway@cpan.org"

LICENSE

       This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as perl itself.