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OSCAR::PackagePath

This perl module contains functions and variables for managing package repository path related things.

SYNOPSIS

use OSCAR::PackagePath;

# return hash with available distro pools
%pools = list_distro_pools();

# path to OSCAR .url file specific to distro (OSCAR packages are here)
$oscar_url_file = oscar_urlfile($os);

# path to distro specific .url file (distro packages are here)
$os = distro_detect_or_die();

# list OSCAR repositories accessible for distro:
@repo_list = repos_list_urlfile($oscar_url_file);

# add a repository or more (add arguments)
repos_add_urlfile($oscar_url_file, "http://slurp/path");

# delete a repository or more
repos_del_urlfile($oscar_url_file, "http://blah/path");

Exported variables

• @PKG_SOURCE_LOCATIONS :
• $PGROUP_PATH :

Exported Function

• list_distro_pools : build a hash containing all distros which are configured, i.e. all distros that have a .url file in /tftpboot/distro/. The hash primary key is the distro string. Subkeys are:
• os: a reference to the distro’s detected $os structure.
• oscar_repo: the oscar repositories configured for this distribution. Multiple repositories are separated by commas.
• distro_repo: the distribution repositories configured for this distribution.
• distro_repo_url :
• oscar_repo_url
• repo_empty
• repos_list_urlfile
• repos_add_urlfile
• repos_del_urlfile
• os_distro_string
• os_cdistro_string
• pkg_extension
• pkg_separator
• distro_detect_or_die