• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Functions

NAME

Fink::FinkVersion - Fink version numbers

SYNOPSIS

  use Fink::FinkVersion qw(:ALL);

  my $fink_version    = fink_version;
  my $dist_version    = distribution_version;
  my $pkginfo_version = pkginfo_version;
  my $max_info_level  = max_info_level;

DESCRIPTION

This module retrieves the version numbers of various parts of the fink installation.

Functions

These functions are exported on request. You can export them all with

  use Fink::FinkVersion qw(:ALL);

• fink_version

    my $fink_version = fink_version;

  Returns the version of the fink source code.

• distribution_version

    my $dist_version = distribution_version

  Returns the fink distribution version you're currently using.

• pkginfo_version

    my $pkginfo_version = pkginfo_version;

  Returns from whence you updated your packages. If you're using a point release it will return that. Otherwise if you're using one of the dynamic methods...

      rsync       packages updated via rsync
      cvs         packages updated via cvs

• max_info_level

    my $max_info_level = max_info_level;

  Returns the highest level of package description file that this fink can parse. If a .info is componsed of a 'InfoN: <<' ... '<<' block where N is a larger integer than that returned by this function, the entire .info file should be ignored.