NAME

       Dpkg::Control - parse and manipulate official control-like information

DESCRIPTION

       The Dpkg::Control object is a smart version of Dpkg::Control::Hash.  It associates a type to the control
       information. That type can be used to know what fields are allowed and in what order they must be output.

       The types are constants that are exported by default. Here's the full list:

       CTRL_UNKNOWN
           This type is the default type, it indicates that the type of control information is not yet known.

       CTRL_INFO_SRC
           Corresponds to the first block of information in a debian/control file in a Debian source package.

       CTRL_INFO_PKG
           Corresponds to subsequent blocks of information in a debian/control file in a Debian source package.

       CTRL_INDEX_SRC
           Corresponds to an entry in a Sources file of a source package repository.

       CTRL_INDEX_PKG
           Corresponds to an entry in a Packages file of a binary package repository.

       CTRL_PKG_SRC
           Corresponds to a .dsc file of a Debian source package.

       CTRL_PKG_DEB
           Corresponds to the control file generated by dpkg-gencontrol (DEBIAN/control) and to the same file
           inside .deb packages.

       CTRL_FILE_CHANGES
           Corresponds to a .changes file.

       CTRL_FILE_VENDOR
           Corresponds to a vendor file in $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/.

       CTRL_FILE_STATUS
           Corresponds to an entry in dpkg's status file ($Dpkg::ADMINDIR/status).

       CTRL_CHANGELOG
           Corresponds to the output of dpkg-parsechangelog.

FUNCTIONS

       All the methods of Dpkg::Control::Hash are available. Those listed below are either new or overridden
       with a different behaviour.

       my $c = Dpkg::Control->new(%opts)
           If the "type" option is given, it's used to setup default values for other options. See set_options()
           for more details.

       $c->set_options(%opts)
           Changes the value of one or more options. If the "type" option is changed, it is used first to define
           default values for others options. The option "allow_pgp" is set to 1 for CTRL_PKG_SRC and
           CTRL_FILE_CHANGES and to 0 otherwise. The option "drop_empty" is set to 0 for CTRL_INFO_PKG and
           CTRL_INFO_SRC and to 1 otherwise. The option "name" is set to a textual description of the type of
           control information.

           The output order is also set to match the ordered list returned by
           Dpkg::Control::Fields::field_ordered_list($type).

       $c->get_type()
           Returns the type of control information stored. See the type parameter set during new().

AUTHOR

       Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.