• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Constructors
• SEE ALSO

NAME

Fink::Config - Read/write the fink configuration

SYNOPSIS

  use Fink::Config;
  my $config = Fink::Config->new_with_path($config_file);

  my $value = $config->param($key);
  $config->set_param($key, $value);
  $config->save;

DESCRIPTION

A class representing the fink configuration file as well as any command line options. Fink::Config inherits from Fink::Base.

Fink::Config will not work without a Fink::Config object having been made that contains a basepath. The fink program typically does this for you. Since the variables Fink::Config exports use data from the last initialized Fink::Config object, creating a second object is not recommended.

Constructors

• new
• new_from_properties

  Inherited from Fink::Base.

• new_with_path

    my $config = Fink::Config->new_with_path($config_file);
    my $config = Fink::Config->new_with_path($config_file, \%defaults);

  Reads a fink.conf file into a new Fink::Config object and initializes Fink::Config globals from it.

  If %defaults is given they will be used as defaults for any keys not in the config file. For example...

      my $config = Fink::Config->new_with_path($file, { Basepath => "/sw" });

• initialize

    $self->initialize;

  Initialize Fink::Config globals. To be called from any constructors.

Configuration queries

• get_path

    my $path = $config->get_path;

  Returns the path to the configuration file which $config represents.

• get_treelist

    my @trees = $config->get_treelist;

  Returns the Trees config value split into a handy list.

• param
• param_default
• param_boolean
• has_param
• set_param

  Inherited from Fink::Base.

• save

    $config->save;

  Saves any changes made with set_param() to the config file.

• write_sources_list

    $config->write_sources_list;

  Writes an appropriate $basepath/etc/apt/sources.list file, based on configuration information. Called automatically by $config->save.

Exported Functions

These functions are exported only on request

• set_options

    set_options({ key1 => val1, key2 => val2, ...});

  Sets global configuration options, mostly used for command line options.

• get_option

    my $value = get_option($key);
    my $value = get_option($key, $default_value);

  Gets a global configuration option. If the $key was never set, $default_value is returned.

• verbosity_level

    my $level = verbosity_level;

  Determine the current verbosity level. This is affected by the --verbose and --quiet command line options as well as by the "Verbose" setting in fink.conf.

• binary_requested

  	my $boolean = binary_requested;

  Determine whether the binary distribution or compilation has been requested. This is affected by the --use-binary-dist and --compile-from-source command line options as well as by the "UseBinaryDist" setting in fink.conf. Returns 1 for binary distribution, 0 for compile-from-source.

Exported Variables

These variables are exported on request. They are initialized by creating a Fink::Config object.

• $basepath

  Path to the base of the Fink installation directory.

  Typically /src.

• $buildpath

  Directory where fink packages will be built.

  Typically $basepath/src

• $config

  The last Fink::Config object created.

• $debarch

  Debian-style name of the current architecture.

  Typically darwin-powerpc .

• $distribution

  Fink package distribution being used.

  For example, 10.2 .

• $libpath

  XXX Don't understand this one.

SEE ALSO

Fink::Base