Dpkg::BuildFlags(3)

NAME
Dpkg::BuildFlags - query build flags

DESCRIPTION
The Dpkg::BuildFlags object is used by dpkg-buildflags and can be used to query the same information.

FUNCTIONS

my $bf = Dpkg::BuildFlags->new()
    Create a new Dpkg::BuildFlags object. It will be initialized based on the value of several configuration files and environment variables.

$bf->load_vendor_defaults()
    Reset the flags stored to the default set provided by the vendor.

$bf->load_system_config()
    Update flags from the system configuration.

$bf->load_user_config()
    Update flags from the user configuration.

$bf->load_environment_config()
    Update flags based on directives stored in the environment. See dpkg-buildflags(1) for details.

$bf->load_config()
    Call successively load_system_config(), load_user_config() and load_environment_config() to update the default build flags defined by the vendor.

$bf->set($flag, $value, $source)
    Update the build flag $flag with value $value and record its origin as $source.

$bf->append($flag, $value, $source)
    Append the options listed in $value to the current value of the flag $flag. Record its origin as $source.

$bf->update_from_conffile($file, $source)
    Update the current build flags based on the configuration directives contained in $file. See dpkg-buildflags(1) for the format of the directives.

    $source is the origin recorded for any build flag set or modified.

$bf->get($flag)
    Return the value associated to the flag. It might be undef if the flag doesn't exist.

$bf->get_origin($flag)
    Return the origin associated to the flag. It might be undef if the flag doesn't exist.

$bf->has($option)
    Returns a boolean indicating whether the flags exists in the object.

my @flags = $bf->list()
    Returns the list of flags stored in the object.

AUTHOR
Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>