NAME

       Dpkg::Vendor - get access to some vendor specific information

DESCRIPTION

       The files in $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/ can provide information about various vendors who are providing
       Debian packages. Currently those files look like this:

         Vendor: Debian
         Vendor-URL: https://www.debian.org/
         Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org

       If the vendor derives from another vendor, the file should document the relationship by listing the base
       distribution in the Parent field:

         Parent: Debian

       The file should be named according to the vendor name. The usual convention is to name the vendor file
       using the vendor name in all lowercase, but some variation is permitted. Namely, spaces are mapped to
       dashes ('-'), and the file can have the same casing as the Vendor field, or it can be capitalized.

FUNCTIONS

       $dir = get_vendor_dir()
           Returns the current dpkg origins directory name, where the vendor files are stored.

       $fields = get_vendor_info($name)
           Returns  a  Dpkg::Control  object  with  the information parsed from the corresponding vendor file in
           $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/. If $name is omitted, it will  use  $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/default  which  is
           supposed  to be a symlink to the vendor of the currently installed operating system. Returns undef if
           there's no file for the given vendor.

       $name = get_vendor_file($name)
           Check if there's a file for the given vendor and returns its name.

       $name = get_current_vendor()
           Returns the name of the current vendor. If DEB_VENDOR is set, it uses that first, otherwise it  falls
           back to parsing $Dpkg::CONFDIR/origins/default.  If that file doesn't exist, it returns undef.

       $object = get_vendor_object($name)
           Return  the  Dpkg::Vendor::*  object  of  the  corresponding vendor.  If $name is omitted, return the
           object of the current vendor.  If no vendor can be identified, then return the  Dpkg::Vendor::Default
           object.

       run_vendor_hook($hookid, @params)
           Run a hook implemented by the current vendor object.

CHANGES

   Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)
       New function: get_vendor_dir().

   Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.16.1)
       Mark the module as public.

SEE ALSO

       deb-origin(5).

1.21.1                                             2024-02-23                                Dpkg::Vendor(3perl)