NAME

Debbugs::DebArchive -- Routines for reading files from Debian archives

SYNOPSIS

use Debbugs::DebArchive;

   read_packages('/srv/mirrors/ftp.debian.org/ftp/dist',
                 sub { print map {qq($_\n)} @_ },
                 Term::ProgressBar->new(),
                );

DESCRIPTION

This module implements a set of routines for reading Packages.gz, Sources.gz and Release files from the dists directory of a Debian archive.

BUGS

None known.

read_release_file

     read_release_file('stable/Release')

Reads a Debian release file and returns a hashref of information about the release file, including the Packages and Sources files for that distribution

read_packages

     read_packages($dist_dir,$callback,$progress)

dist_dir: Path to dists directory
callback: Function which is called with key, value pairs of suite, arch, component, Package, Source, Version, and Maintainer information for each package in the Packages file.
progress: Optional Term::ProgressBar object to output progress while reading packages.