On 16/05/2009, at 14:31, Daniel Macks wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:48:42PM -0400, Benjamin Reed wrote:
>> On 5/16/09 12:07 PM, Monic Polynomial wrote:
>>> I'm developing a Fink notification plugin and I need to parse the
>>> list
>>> of package names that the plugin receives from Fink.
>>> Fink::PkgVersion::phase_activate() sends a notification whose
>>> description contains the packages formatted as
>>> Fink::PkgVersion::get_fullname(), the same as %f.
>>
>> Generally you'll use Fink::Package's get_matching_versions:
>>
>> get_matching_versions
>> my @pvs = $po?>get_matching_versions($spec);
>> my @pvs = $po?>get_matching_versions($spec,
>> @choose_from);
>>
>> Find all versions of this package which satisfy the given
>> Debian version specification. See
>> Fink::Services::version_cmp for details on version
>> specifications.
>
> I think that would handle dependency formats ("foo (>= 1.0-2)") not
> %f. Maybe Engine::expand_packages? I think that's what processes the
> packages specified on fink commandline.
Fink::Engine::expand_packages() did the trick - it calls
Fink::PkgVersion::match_package(), which plays with the various
possibilities of splitting the fullname using '-' as a field separator
until it finds a package name known by Fink (recall that both the name
and the version may contain '-').
Cheers,
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