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2libpkgconf `pkg` module
3=======================
4
5The `pkg` module provides dependency resolution services and the overall `.pc` file parsing
6routines.
7
8.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_t *pkgconf_pkg_new_from_file(const pkgconf_client_t *client, const char *filename, FILE *f, unsigned int flags)
9
10   Parse a .pc file into a pkgconf_pkg_t object structure.
11
12   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
13   :param char* filename: The filename of the package file (including full path).
14   :param FILE* f: The file object to read from.
15   :param uint flags: The flags to use when parsing.
16   :returns: A ``pkgconf_pkg_t`` object which contains the package data.
17   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_t *
18
19.. c:function:: void pkgconf_pkg_free(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *pkg)
20
21   Releases all releases for a given ``pkgconf_pkg_t`` object.
22
23   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The client which owns the ``pkgconf_pkg_t`` object, `pkg`.
24   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* pkg: The package to free.
25   :return: nothing
26
27.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_t *pkgconf_pkg_ref(const pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *pkg)
28
29   Adds an additional reference to the package object.
30
31   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object which owns the package being referenced.
32   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* pkg: The package object being referenced.
33   :return: The package itself with an incremented reference count.
34   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_t *
35
36.. c:function:: void pkgconf_pkg_unref(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *pkg)
37
38   Releases a reference on the package object.  If the reference count is 0, then also free the package.
39
40   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object which owns the package being dereferenced.
41   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* pkg: The package object being dereferenced.
42   :return: nothing
43
44.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_t *pkgconf_scan_all(pkgconf_client_t *client, void *data, pkgconf_pkg_iteration_func_t func)
45
46   Iterates over all packages found in the `package directory list`, running ``func`` on them.  If ``func`` returns true,
47   then stop iteration and return the last iterated package.
48
49   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
50   :param void* data: An opaque pointer to data to provide the iteration function with.
51   :param pkgconf_pkg_iteration_func_t func: A function which is called for each package to determine if the package matches,
52       always return ``false`` to iterate over all packages.
53   :return: A package object reference if one is found by the scan function, else ``NULL``.
54   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_t *
55
56.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_t *pkgconf_pkg_find(pkgconf_client_t *client, const char *name)
57
58   Search for a package.
59
60   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
61   :param char* name: The name of the package `atom` to use for searching.
62   :return: A package object reference if the package was found, else ``NULL``.
63   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_t *
64
65.. c:function:: int pkgconf_compare_version(const char *a, const char *b)
66
67   Compare versions using RPM version comparison rules as described in the LSB.
68
69   :param char* a: The first version to compare in the pair.
70   :param char* b: The second version to compare in the pair.
71   :return: -1 if the first version is less than, 0 if both versions are equal, 1 if the second version is less than.
72   :rtype: int
73
74.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_t *pkgconf_builtin_pkg_get(const char *name)
75
76   Looks up a built-in package.  The package should not be freed or dereferenced.
77
78   :param char* name: An atom corresponding to a built-in package to search for.
79   :return: the built-in package if present, else ``NULL``.
80   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_t *
81
82.. c:function:: const char *pkgconf_pkg_get_comparator(const pkgconf_dependency_t *pkgdep)
83
84   Returns the comparator used in a depgraph dependency node as a string.
85
86   :param pkgconf_dependency_t* pkgdep: The depgraph dependency node to return the comparator for.
87   :return: A string matching the comparator or ``"???"``.
88   :rtype: char *
89
90.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_comparator_t pkgconf_pkg_comparator_lookup_by_name(const char *name)
91
92   Look up the appropriate comparator bytecode in the comparator set (defined
93   in ``pkg.c``, see ``pkgconf_pkg_comparator_names`` and ``pkgconf_pkg_comparator_impls``).
94
95   :param char* name: The comparator to look up by `name`.
96   :return: The comparator bytecode if found, else ``PKGCONF_CMP_ANY``.
97   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_comparator_t
98
99.. c:function:: pkgconf_pkg_t *pkgconf_pkg_verify_dependency(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_dependency_t *pkgdep, unsigned int *eflags)
100
101   Verify a pkgconf_dependency_t node in the depgraph.  If the dependency is solvable,
102   return the appropriate ``pkgconf_pkg_t`` object, else ``NULL``.
103
104   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
105   :param pkgconf_dependency_t* pkgdep: The dependency graph node to solve.
106   :param uint* eflags: An optional pointer that, if set, will be populated with an error code from the resolver.
107   :return: On success, the appropriate ``pkgconf_pkg_t`` object to solve the dependency, else ``NULL``.
108   :rtype: pkgconf_pkg_t *
109
110.. c:function:: unsigned int pkgconf_pkg_verify_graph(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *root, int depth)
111
112   Verify the graph dependency nodes are satisfiable by walking the tree using
113   ``pkgconf_pkg_traverse()``.
114
115   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
116   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* root: The root entry in the package dependency graph which should contain the top-level dependencies to resolve.
117   :param int depth: The maximum allowed depth for dependency resolution.
118   :return: On success, ``PKGCONF_PKG_ERRF_OK`` (0), else an error code.
119   :rtype: unsigned int
120
121.. c:function:: unsigned int pkgconf_pkg_traverse(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *root, pkgconf_pkg_traverse_func_t func, void *data, int maxdepth, unsigned int skip_flags)
122
123   Walk and resolve the dependency graph up to `maxdepth` levels.
124
125   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
126   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* root: The root of the dependency graph.
127   :param pkgconf_pkg_traverse_func_t func: A traversal function to call for each resolved node in the dependency graph.
128   :param void* data: An opaque pointer to data to be passed to the traversal function.
129   :param int maxdepth: The maximum depth to walk the dependency graph for.  -1 means infinite recursion.
130   :param uint skip_flags: Skip over dependency nodes containing the specified flags.  A setting of 0 skips no dependency nodes.
131   :return: ``PKGCONF_PKG_ERRF_OK`` on success, else an error code.
132   :rtype: unsigned int
133
134.. c:function:: int pkgconf_pkg_cflags(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *root, pkgconf_list_t *list, int maxdepth)
135
136   Walks a dependency graph and extracts relevant ``CFLAGS`` fragments.
137
138   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
139   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* root: The root of the dependency graph.
140   :param pkgconf_list_t* list: The fragment list to add the extracted ``CFLAGS`` fragments to.
141   :param int maxdepth: The maximum allowed depth for dependency resolution.  -1 means infinite recursion.
142   :return: ``PKGCONF_PKG_ERRF_OK`` if successful, otherwise an error code.
143   :rtype: unsigned int
144
145.. c:function:: int pkgconf_pkg_libs(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *root, pkgconf_list_t *list, int maxdepth)
146
147   Walks a dependency graph and extracts relevant ``LIBS`` fragments.
148
149   :param pkgconf_client_t* client: The pkgconf client object to use for dependency resolution.
150   :param pkgconf_pkg_t* root: The root of the dependency graph.
151   :param pkgconf_list_t* list: The fragment list to add the extracted ``LIBS`` fragments to.
152   :param int maxdepth: The maximum allowed depth for dependency resolution.  -1 means infinite recursion.
153   :return: ``PKGCONF_PKG_ERRF_OK`` if successful, otherwise an error code.
154   :rtype: unsigned int
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