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INTRODUCTION

This is a perl XS module which provides an interface to the libalpm C library.
libalpm is used by Archlinux (and other distributions) who use pacman as the
package managing program.

Read-only access is provided to the database. All transaction creation logic
was removed from this module. After each major pacman upgrade, and sub-
sequent libalpm API change, I would be forced to rewrite a majority of this
module. After the third or fourth time I decided it was not worth the effort
for a feature possibly no one uses in an obscure perl module no one knows
about.

If you really need transactions why not call pacman with "system" or
backticks? In contrast, complicated queries becomes ugly and convoluted
when calling pacman in shell scripts. With the aid of this module, queries
should instead be possible in the quintessential ugly and succinct perl form.
Small utility scripts, like the examples, can also be quickly drawn up. This
is the new goal of the module.

INSTALLATION

ppport.h  view on Meta::CPAN

should make any changes to your code, and whether any special defines
should be used, F<ppport.h> can be run as a Perl script to check your
source code. Simply say:

    perl ppport.h

The result will usually be a list of patches suggesting changes
that should at least be acceptable, if not necessarily the most
efficient solution, or a fix for all possible problems.

If you know that your XS module uses features only available in
newer Perl releases, if you're aware that it uses C++ comments,
and if you want all suggestions as a single patch file, you could
use something like this:

    perl ppport.h --compat-version=5.6.0 --cplusplus --patch=test.diff

If you only want your code to be scanned without any suggestions
for changes, use:

    perl ppport.h --nochanges

ppport.h  view on Meta::CPAN

dump_vindent||5.006000|
dumpuntil|||
dup_attrlist|||
emulate_cop_io|||
eval_pv|5.006000||p
eval_sv|5.006000||p
exec_failed|||
expect_number|||
fbm_compile||5.005000|
fbm_instr||5.005000|
feature_is_enabled|||
fetch_cop_label||5.011000|
filter_add|||
filter_del|||
filter_gets|||
filter_read|||
find_and_forget_pmops|||
find_array_subscript|||
find_beginning|||
find_byclass|||
find_hash_subscript|||