Dpkg::Arch(3perl)

hey bestie 💖 welcome to Dpkg::Arch(3perl) from libdpkg-perl — the module that handles Debian architectures, wildcards, and mapping from and to GNU triplets. No cap, it's giving arch-brain energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

Dpkg::Arch — handle architectures 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The Dpkg::Arch module provides functions to handle Debian architectures, wildcards, and mapping from and to GNU triplets. Literally the whole vibe. ✨

No symbols are exported by default. The :all tag can be used to import all symbols. The :getters, :parsers, :mappers and :operators tags can be used to import specific symbol subsets. Pick your little import squad 💅

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💅 FUNCTIONS 💅

• $arch = get_raw_build_arch() — grab the raw build Debian architecture, without taking into account variables from the environment. Pure and unfiltered 🫶
• $arch = get_build_arch() — get the build Debian architecture, using DEB_BUILD_ARCH from the environment if available. Environment said hello, so it listened 💖
• $arch = get_raw_host_arch() — get the raw host Debian architecture, without taking into account variables from the environment. Again: no environment peer pressure 🌸
• $arch = get_host_arch() — get the host Debian architecture, using DEB_HOST_ARCH from the environment if available. If the env var is there, it's invited to the group chat ✨
• @arch_list = get_valid_arches() — get an array with all currently known Debian architectures. The whole iconic roster 👑
• $multiarch = gnutriplet_to_multiarch($gnutriplet) — map a GNU triplet into a Debian multiarch triplet. Glow-up translation 🦋
• $multiarch = debarch_to_multiarch($arch) — map a Debian architecture into a Debian multiarch triplet. Same family, different fit 💅
• $gnutriplet = debarch_to_gnutriplet($arch) — map a Debian architecture into a GNU triplet. Crossing over ✨
• $arch = gnutriplet_to_debarch($gnutriplet) — map a GNU triplet into a Debian architecture. Crossover part two, electric boogaloo 🌈
• $bool = debarch_eq($arch_a, $arch_b) — evaluate the equality of a Debian architecture by comparing it with another Debian architecture. No wildcard matching is performed. Straight-up comparison, periodt 💀
• $bool = debarch_is($arch, $arch_wildcard) — evaluate the identity of a Debian architecture by matching it with an architecture wildcard. Wildcard matchup check 💖
• $bool = debarch_is_wildcard($arch) — evaluate whether a Debian architecture is an architecture wildcard. Is it wildcard-coded? Let's check 🎀
• $bool = debarch_is_invalid($arch, %opts) — validate an architecture name. You get a bool back, bestie.

Options:

• positive — if set to a true value, only positive architectures will be accepted, otherwise negated architectures are allowed. Set the vibe accordingly 💅

• $bool = debarch_is_illegal($arch, %opts) — this is a deprecated alias for debarch_is_invalid. It's giving old-era energy, so use the new one 🫶
• $bool = debarch_is_concerned($arch, @arches) — evaluate whether a Debian architecture applies to the list of architecture restrictions, as usually found in dependencies inside square brackets. Square-bracket dependency lore 🔥
• @array = debarch_list_parse($arch_list, %opts) — parse an architecture list. Very list, very arch, very demure ✨

Options:

• positive — if set to a true value, only positive architectures will be accepted, otherwise negated architectures are allowed. Same option, same rules, no cap 💖

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🦋 CHANGES 🦋

🎀 Version 1.04 (dpkg 1.23.0)

• New functions: debarch_is_invalid().
• Deprecated functions: debarch_is_illegal().

🎀 Version 1.03 (dpkg 1.19.1)

• New argument: Accept a "positive" option in debarch_is_illegal() and debarch_list_parse().

🎀 Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.18.19)

• New import tags: :all, :getters, :parsers, :mappers, :operators.

🎀 Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.18.5)

• New functions: debarch_is_illegal(), debarch_list_parse().

🎀 Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.18.2)

• Mark the module as public.

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

dpkg-architecture(1) — go say hi 💜

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okay bye bestie — this Dpkg::Arch(3perl) page from libdpkg-perl is version 1.23.11-dirty, dated 2026-09-09. Mwah 💋✨