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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Alien::Package::Tgz - an object that represents a tgz package
+
+=cut
+
+package Alien::Package::Deb;
+use strict;
+use Alien::Package; # perlbug
+use base qw(Alien::Package);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is an object class that represents a tgz package, as used in Slackware. 
+It is derived from Alien::Package.
+
+=head1 FIELDS
+
+=over 4
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item install
+
+Install a tgz with installpkg. Pass in the filename of the tgz to install.
+
+installpkg (a slackware program) is used because I'm not sanguine about
+just untarring a tgz file. It might trash a system.
+
+=cut
+
+sub install {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $tgz=shift;
+
+	if (-x "/sbin/installpkg") {
+		system("/sbin/installpkg $tgz") &&
+			die "Unable to install: $!";
+	}
+	else {
+		die "Sorry, I cannot install the generated .tgz file because /sbin/installpkg is not present. You can use tar to install it yourself.\n"
+	}
+}
+
+=item scan
+
+Scan a tgz file for fields. Has to scan the actual filename, since
+there is little useful data in the file itself.
+
+=cut
+
+sub scan {
+	my $this=shift;
+	$this->SUPER::scan(@_);
+	my $file=$this->filename;
+
+	# Get basename of the filename.
+	my ($basename)=('/'.$file)=~m#^/?.*/(.*?)$#;
+
+	# Strip out any tar extentions.
+	$basename=~s/\.(tgz|tar\.(gz|Z))$//;
+
+	if ($basename=~m/(.*)-(.*)/ ne undef) {
+		$this->name($1);
+		$this->version($2);
+	}
+	else {
+		$this->name($basename);
+		$this->version(1);
+	}
+
+	$this->arch('all');
+
+	$this->summary("Converted Slackware tgz package");
+	$this->description($this->summary);
+	$this->copyright('unknown');
+	$this->release(1);
+	$this->distribution("Slackware");
+	$this->origformat('tgz');
+
+	# Now figure out the conffiles. Assume anything in etc/ is a
+	# conffile.
+	my @conffiles;
+	open (FILELIST,"tar zvtf $file | grep etc/ |") ||
+		die "getting filelist: $!";
+	while (<FILELIST>) {
+		# Make sure it's a normal file. This is looking at the
+		# permissions, and making sure the first character is '-'.
+		# Ie: -rw-r--r--
+		if (m:^-:) {
+			# Strip it down to the filename.
+			m/^(.*) (.*)$/;
+			push @conffiles, "/$2";
+		}
+	}
+	$this->conffiles(\@conffiles);
+
+	# Now get the whole filelist. We have to add leading /'s to the
+	# filenames. We have to ignore all files under /install/
+	my @filelist;
+	open (FILELIST, "tar ztf $file |") ||
+		die "getting filelist: $!";
+	while (<FILELIST>) {
+		unless (m:^install/:) {
+			push @filelist, "/$_";
+		}
+	}
+	$this->filelist(\@filelist);
+
+	# Now get the scripts.
+	my %scripttrans=(
+		'postinst' => 'doinst.sh',
+		'postrm' => 'delete.sh',
+		'prerm' => 'predelete.sh',
+		'preinst' => 'predoinst.sh',
+	);
+	foreach my $script (keys(%scripttrans)) {
+		$this->$script(`tar Oxzf $file 	install/$scripttrans{$script} 2>/dev/null`);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+=item unpack
+
+Unpack tgz.
+
+=cut
+
+sub unpack {
+	my $this=shift;
+	$this->SUPER::unpack(@_);
+	my $file=$this->filename;
+
+	system("cat $file | (cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; tar zxpf -)") &&
+		die "Unpacking of `$file' failed: $!";
+	# Delete the install directory that has slackware info in it.
+	system("cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."rm -rf ./install");
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+=item prep
+
+Adds a populated install/ directory to the build tree.
+
+=cut
+
+sub prep {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $dir=$this->unpacked_tree || die "The package must be unpacked first!";
+
+	
+}
+
+=item build
+
+Build a tgz.
+
+=cut
+
+sub build {
+	my $this=shift;
+	my $tgz=$this->name."-".$this->version.".tgz";
+
+	system("cd ".$this->unpacked_tree."; tar czf ../$tgz");
+
+	return $tgz;
+}
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+
+=cut
+
+1