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+package ExtUtils::Packlist;
+use strict;
+use Carp qw();
+use vars qw($VERSION);
+$VERSION = '0.02';
+
+# Used for generating filehandle globs. IO::File might not be available!
+my $fhname = "FH1";
+
+sub mkfh()
+{
+no strict;
+my $fh = \*{$fhname++};
+use strict;
+return($fh);
+}
+
+sub new($$)
+{
+my ($class, $packfile) = @_;
+$class = ref($class) || $class;
+my %self;
+tie(%self, $class, $packfile);
+return(bless(\%self, $class));
+}
+
+sub TIEHASH
+{
+my ($class, $packfile) = @_;
+my $self = { packfile => $packfile };
+bless($self, $class);
+$self->read($packfile) if (defined($packfile) && -f $packfile);
+return($self);
+}
+
+sub STORE
+{
+$_[0]->{data}->{$_[1]} = $_[2];
+}
+
+sub FETCH
+{
+return($_[0]->{data}->{$_[1]});
+}
+
+sub FIRSTKEY
+{
+my $reset = scalar(keys(%{$_[0]->{data}}));
+return(each(%{$_[0]->{data}}));
+}
+
+sub NEXTKEY
+{
+return(each(%{$_[0]->{data}}));
+}
+
+sub EXISTS
+{
+return(exists($_[0]->{data}->{$_[1]}));
+}
+
+sub DELETE
+{
+return(delete($_[0]->{data}->{$_[1]}));
+}
+
+sub CLEAR
+{
+%{$_[0]->{data}} = ();
+}
+
+sub DESTROY
+{
+}
+
+sub read($;$)
+{
+my ($self, $packfile) = @_;
+$self = tied(%$self) || $self;
+
+if (defined($packfile)) { $self->{packfile} = $packfile; }
+else { $packfile = $self->{packfile}; }
+Carp::croak("No packlist filename specified") if (! defined($packfile));
+my $fh = mkfh();
+open($fh, "<$packfile") || Carp::croak("Can't open file $packfile: $!");
+$self->{data} = {};
+my ($line);
+while (defined($line = <$fh>))
+ {
+ chomp $line;
+ my ($key, @kvs) = split(' ', $line);
+ $key =~ s!/./!/!g; # Some .packlists have spurious '/./' bits in the paths
+ if (! @kvs)
+ {
+ $self->{data}->{$key} = undef;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ my ($data) = {};
+ foreach my $kv (@kvs)
+ {
+ my ($k, $v) = split('=', $kv);
+ $data->{$k} = $v;
+ }
+ $self->{data}->{$key} = $data;
+ }
+ }
+close($fh);
+}
+
+sub write($;$)
+{
+my ($self, $packfile) = @_;
+$self = tied(%$self) || $self;
+if (defined($packfile)) { $self->{packfile} = $packfile; }
+else { $packfile = $self->{packfile}; }
+Carp::croak("No packlist filename specified") if (! defined($packfile));
+my $fh = mkfh();
+open($fh, ">$packfile") || Carp::croak("Can't open file $packfile: $!");
+foreach my $key (sort(keys(%{$self->{data}})))
+ {
+ print $fh ("$key");
+ if (ref($self->{data}->{$key}))
+ {
+ my $data = $self->{data}->{$key};
+ foreach my $k (sort(keys(%$data)))
+ {
+ print $fh (" $k=$data->{$k}");
+ }
+ }
+ print $fh ("\n");
+ }
+close($fh);
+}
+
+sub validate($;$)
+{
+my ($self, $remove) = @_;
+$self = tied(%$self) || $self;
+my @missing;
+foreach my $key (sort(keys(%{$self->{data}})))
+ {
+ if (! -e $key)
+ {
+ push(@missing, $key);
+ delete($self->{data}{$key}) if ($remove);
+ }
+ }
+return(@missing);
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use ExtUtils::Packlist;
+ my ($pl) = ExtUtils::Packlist->new('.packlist');
+ $pl->read('/an/old/.packlist');
+ my @missing_files = $pl->validate();
+ $pl->write('/a/new/.packlist');
+
+ $pl->{'/some/file/name'}++;
+ or
+ $pl->{'/some/other/file/name'} = { type => 'file',
+ from => '/some/file' };
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+ExtUtils::Packlist provides a standard way to manage .packlist files.
+Functions are provided to read and write .packlist files. The original
+.packlist format is a simple list of absolute pathnames, one per line. In
+addition, this package supports an extended format, where as well as a filename
+each line may contain a list of attributes in the form of a space separated
+list of key=value pairs. This is used by the installperl script to
+differentiate between files and links, for example.
+
+=head1 USAGE
+
+The hash reference returned by the new() function can be used to examine and
+modify the contents of the .packlist. Items may be added/deleted from the
+.packlist by modifying the hash. If the value associated with a hash key is a
+scalar, the entry written to the .packlist by any subsequent write() will be a
+simple filename. If the value is a hash, the entry written will be the
+filename followed by the key=value pairs from the hash. Reading back the
+.packlist will recreate the original entries.
+
+=head1 FUNCTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item new()
+
+This takes an optional parameter, the name of a .packlist. If the file exists,
+it will be opened and the contents of the file will be read. The new() method
+returns a reference to a hash. This hash holds an entry for each line in the
+.packlist. In the case of old-style .packlists, the value associated with each
+key is undef. In the case of new-style .packlists, the value associated with
+each key is a hash containing the key=value pairs following the filename in the
+.packlist.
+
+=item read()
+
+This takes an optional parameter, the name of the .packlist to be read. If
+no file is specified, the .packlist specified to new() will be read. If the
+.packlist does not exist, Carp::croak will be called.
+
+=item write()
+
+This takes an optional parameter, the name of the .packlist to be written. If
+no file is specified, the .packlist specified to new() will be overwritten.
+
+=item validate()
+
+This checks that every file listed in the .packlist actually exists. If an
+argument which evaluates to true is given, any missing files will be removed
+from the internal hash. The return value is a list of the missing files, which
+will be empty if they all exist.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@uk.sun.com>
+
+=cut