Perl-RPM - Native bindings to the RPM Package Manager API for Perl
Version 0.2 (second alpha)
WHAT IS IT
The Perl-RPM package is an attempt to provide Perl-level access to the complete
application programming interface that is a part of the RPM Package Manager
(RPM). Rather than have scripts rely on executing RPM commands and parse the
resultant output, this modules aims to provide Perl programmers the ability
to do anything that would otherwise have been done in C or C++.
The interface is being designed and laid out as a collection of classes, at
least some of which are also available as tied-hash implementations.
At this time, the interface only provides access to the database of installed
packages, and header data retrieval for RPM and SRPM files not yet installed.
BUILDING/INSTALLING
This package is set up to configure and build like a typical Perl extension.
To build:
perl Makefile.PL
make && make test
If the RPM package passes all tests, then:
make install
You may need super-user access to install.
PROBLEMS/BUG REPORTS
Please send any reports of problems or bugs to rjray@blackperl.com.
CHANGES
This is the second release. In addition to some bug fixes, this release adds
some documentation, more test suites, and error management via the RPM::Error
package.
LICENSE
This package is Copyright (C) 2000 by Randy J. Ray (rjray@blackperl.com). You
may distribute this under the terms of Artistic License, as specified in the
README file of Perl itself. Please see the file ARTISTIC in your distribution
of Perl.
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