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=head1 NAME

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

=head1 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.

=head1 FUNCTIONS

=over 4

=item $dir = get_vendor_dir()

Returns the current dpkg origins directory name, where the vendor files
are stored.

=cut

=item $fields = get_vendor_info($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.

=cut

=item $name = get_vendor_file($name)

Check if there's a file for the given vendor and returns its
name.

The vendor filename will be derived from the vendor name, by replacing any
number of non-alphanumeric characters (that is B<[^A-Za-z0-9]>) into "B<->",
then the resulting name will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it,
keeping it as is, lower-casing then capitalizing it, and capitalizing it.

In addition, for historical and backwards compatibility, the name will
be tried keeping it as is without non-alphanumeric characters remapping,
then the resulting name will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it,
keeping it as is, lower-casing then capitalizing it, and capitalizing it.
And finally the name will be tried by replacing only spaces to "B<->",
then the resulting name will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it,
keeping it as is, lower-casing then capitalizing it, and capitalizing it.

But these backwards compatible name lookups will be removed during
the dpkg 1.22.x release cycle.

=cut

=item $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.

=cut

=item $object = get_vendor_object($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.

The module name will be derived from the vendor name, by splitting parts
around groups of non alphanumeric character (that is B<[^A-Za-z0-9]>)
separators, by either capitalizing or lower-casing and capitalizing each part
and then joining them without the separators. So the expected casing is based
on the one from the B<Vendor> field in the F<origins> file.

In addition, for historical and backwards compatibility, the module name
will also be looked up without non-alphanumeric character stripping, by
capitalizing, lower-casing then capitalizing, as-is or lower-casing.
But these name lookups will be removed during the 1.22.x release cycle.

=cut

=item run_vendor_hook($hookid, @params)

Run a hook implemented by the current vendor object.

=cut

=head1 CHANGES

=head2 Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.21.10)

Deprecated behavior: get_vendor_file() loading vendor files with no special
characters remapping. get_vendor_object() loading vendor module names with
no special character stripping.

=head2 Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)

New function: get_vendor_dir().

=head2 Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.16.1)

Mark the module as public.

=head1 SEE ALSO

deb-origin(5).

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