Alien:...ge::Pkg(3pm)

💖 Alien::...ge::Pkg(3pm) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Alien::Package::Pkg page — this is one of the User Contributed Perl Documentation girlies, and she is so specific about what she does. buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Alien::Package::Pkg — an object that represents a Solaris pkg package. yes, that kind of pkg. the Solaris kind. she's niche and she knows it 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This is an object class that represents a pkg package, as used in Solaris. It is derived from Alien::Package. so like… she's the Solaris-flavoured child class, got it? family tree matters here 🫶

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🦋 CLASS DATA 🦋

scripttrans

Translation table between canoical script names and the names used in pkg's. (yes, "canoical" — that's literally what the original says, i'm not fixing it, i'm just reporting the vibes 😭)

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👑 METHODS 👑

• init — This class needs the Solaris pkginfo and kgtrans tools to work. no tools, no service, periodt.
• converted_name — Convert name from something debian-like to something that the Solaris constraints will handle (i.e. 9 chars max). nine. characters. MAX. she is not flexible about this 💀
• checkfile — Detect pkg files by their contents. sniffing out the real ones by what's inside, not by the name tag 🔍
• install — Install a pkg with pkgadd. Pass in the filename of the pkg to install. so like, hand her the filename, she handles the rest ✨
• scan — Scan a pkg file for fields.
• unpack — Unpack pkg.
• prep — Adds a populated install directory to the build tree.
• build — Build a pkg.

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Mark Hershberger <mah@everybody.org> — icon, legend, wrote the whole thing 👑

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that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every method, every crumb of detail — nothing dropped, nothing invented 💅

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signing off: this beauty is running on perl v5.40.1 and the page is dated 2025-10-08 — same manual, same name, just with way better energy now 🎀💖✨