Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist I intent to develop/package dpkg-ruby, which is ruby interface for dpkg. It contains some ruby modules/classes to access deb information.
For examples, % ruby -r debian -e 'puts Dpkg.info("/org/ftp.jp.debian.org/ftp/debian/pool/main/w/w3m/w3m_0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-3_i386.deb").version' 0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-3 % ruby -r debian -e 'DebianPackages.new("/org/ftp.jp.debian.org/ftp/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-alpha/Packages").each_package {|deb| puts "#{deb}" if /IPv6/ =~ deb["description"]}' w3m 0.1.10+0.1.11pre+kokb23-1 lukemftp 1.1-1 liece-dcc 1.4.3.0.20000717cvs-3 lftp 2.1.10-1 zebra 0.84b-3 Regards, Fumitoshi UKAI