NAME

Debian::PkgPerl::Util - utility functions for PkgPerl tools

SYNOPSIS

 use Debian::PkgPerl::Util;
 ...
 $dep = "$dep <!nocheck>"
     unless Debian::PkgPerl::Util->probable_build_dependency($pkg);
 $cachefile = Debian::PkgPerl::Util->download_and_cache_file(
     "https://example.com/foo.txt",
     "bla.txt",
     86400
 );

DESCRIPTION

Debian::PkgPerl::Util contains some utility functions for PkgPerl tools.

METHODS

probable_build_dependency(package name): Returns true if the package name is likely to be used for building, and not only at runtime or only for testing.
download_and_cache_file(URL, local filename, expiration time in seconds): Helper function to download a file from URL and save it in $ENV{XDG_CACHE_HOME}/pkg-perl-tools/ (or $ENV{HOME}/.cache/pkg-perl-tools/) as filename, unless the file already exists and is younger than expiration time in seconds.
Returns the full filename as a string.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/> for more information.