Description:

This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts
in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionalities. Among them
there are the following modules:
- Dpkg::Arch: manipulate Debian architecture information
- Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
- Dpkg::Changelog: parse Debian changelogs
- Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums
- Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools
- Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle: transparently (de)compress files
- Dpkg::Control: parse and manipulate Debian control information
(.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.)
- Dpkg::Deps: parse and manipulate dependencies
- Dpkg::ErrorHandling: common error functions
- Dpkg::Index: collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for
example)
- Dpkg::IPC: spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data
- Dpkg::Substvars: substitute variables in strings
- Dpkg::Vendor: identify current distribution vendor
- Dpkg::Version: parse and manipulate Debian package versions