Coerces to a Path slice. Delegates to [`PathBuf::as_path`].

Returns a reference to the inner [`Vec`] of [`PathBuf`]s.

Compares `self` to another [`MinimalVersion`]. The comparison rules and algorithms are explained in more detail in [alpm-package-version] and [alpm-p

Compares `self` to another [`FullVersion`]. The comparison rules and algorithms are explained in more detail in [alpm-package-version] and [alpm-pkgv

Helper function to create a file with content in a the given directory.

Helper function to create a package from an input directory config and optional compression settings.

Returns an iterator over the data files of the [alpm-package] archive. This iterator yields the path and content of each data file of a package archi

Returns a default [`FileTime`] struct with all times set to UNIX_EPOCH.

Searches the download directory for all files of the given type. Returns a list of Paths that were found in the process.

Get a styled indicatif progress bar for reuse across the project.

Invoke the CLI to get raw dependencies.

Initializes a global [`TermLogger`].

Returns the schema version

Returns a mutable reference to the inner [`Builder`]. This can be used to set options to the builder or append files to the tarball. # Examples ```

Return the inner [`TarballEntries`] iterator at the current iteration position.

Returns an iterator over the metadata entries in the package archive. This iterator yields [`MetadataEntry`]s, which can be either [PKGINFO], [BUILDI

Returns a reference to the [`PackageInfo`] data of the [`PackageInput`]. # Note The [`PackageInfo`] data relates directly to an on-disk file tracked

Parses an [alpm-repo-desc] file and returns it as a [`RepoDescFile`]. Data can be read from file or stdin. # Errors Returns an error if - valid da

Parses an [alpm-db-desc] file and returns it as a [`DbDescFile`]. Data can be read from file or stdin. # Errors Returns an error if - valid data c

Ensures that a combination of [`Keyword`] and [`ClearableValue`] uses a [`ClearableValue::Single`] and parses the value as a specific type. # Errors

Returns the paths.

Pushes a key-value pair to a [`String`], if it is set. Key-value pairs are scoped to a section. To make this visually distinguishable, the key-value

Pushes an override key-value pair in [SRCINFO] format to a [`String`]. Key-value pairs are scoped to a section. To make this visually distinguishable

Takes any serializable object and serializes it into the given [`OutputFormat`]. # Errors Returns an error if serialization fails.

Parse a simple system id as usize.

Writes `content` to stdout or a file. If `output_path` is a file path, `content` is written to it, else `content` is written to stdout. # Errors Re

Coerces to a Path slice.

This block implements the logic to determine which of two package versions is newer or whether they're considered equal. This logic is surprisingly c

Compares the hash digest of a file with the recorded data in an [`Mtree`]. Takes an `mtree` against which a `file_name` in `input_dir` is checked. Re

Creates an [alpm-db-desc] file according to the specified version command. [alpm-db-desc]: https://alpm.archlinux.page/specifications/alpm-db-desc.5.

Helper function to create a .SRCINFO file with test data.

Ensures a [`Keyword`] exists in a [`HashMap`], removes it and returns it. This is a helper function to ensure expected values are set while throwing

Extracts the **sonames** from ELF files contained in a package. This function opens the package file, decompresses it, and reads the ELF files from t

A small helper function that returns a list of unique file names in a directory.

Parse the content of a whole ini file.

Returns a reference to the inner [`SchemaVersion`].

Returns `true` if the license is a valid SPDX identifier

Return the key of the extra_data

Parses a file according to a BUILDINFO schema. Returns a serializable BuildInfo if the file is valid, otherwise an error is returned. NOTE: If a com

Parses a file according to a PKGINFO schema. Returns a serializable PackageInfo if the file is valid, otherwise an error is returned. NOTE: If a com

Ensures that a combination of [`Keyword`] and [`Value`] uses a [`Value::Single`] and parses the value as a specific type. # Errors Returns a error f

Reads the data of a specific metadata file from the [alpm-package] file. This method searches for a metadata file that matches the provided [`Metadat

Returns the [`PackageInfo`] of the package. This is a convenience wrapper around [`PackageReader::read_metadata_file`]. # Errors Returns an error i

Return an iterator over all segments of this version.

Creates a `.SRCINFO` file with unsafe checksums in a temporary directory. Returns the temporary directory handle.

Validates common path features against relevant [`Mtree`] data. Returns a list of zero or more [`PathValidationError`]s. Checks that - `mtree_time`

Adds a new duplicate path.

Checks whether all variants of [`PackageEntry`] have been found. Returns `true` if all variants of [`PackageEntry`] have been found, `false` otherwis

Returns the values of `self` in vector representation. This is useful for values that may be available as both single values and arrays.

Returns the values of `&self` in vector representation. This is useful for values that may be available as both single values and arrays.

Take the UTF-8 byte sequence and parse it into a `String`. # Errors Returns a custom parse error if we encounter an invalid escaped UTF-8 sequence.

Validates an [alpm-install-scriptlet] at `path`. Naively checks whether at least one of the required function signatures is present in the file. # N

Compares overlapping data of a [`BuildInfo`] and a [`PackageInfo`]. # Errors Returns an error if there are one or more mismatches in the data provid

Check if a system architecture is contained by a (set) of [Architectures].

Returns the content of the entry. # Errors Returns an error if [`Entry::read_to_end`] fails.

Return the nth line of a given file's content. # Panics Panics if `line_nr` refers to a line, that does not exist in `content`. This is unlikely to

Create a package for the binary.

Create a package for the binary.

Creates an [ALPM-MTREE] file from a package input directory. Collects all files in `path` relative to it in a newline-delimited string. Calls the [bs

Helper function to create a PKGBUILD file with minimal content.

Creates test files and directories below `path`.

Decodes UTF-8 characters from a string using MTREE-specific escape sequences. MTREE uses various decodings. 1. the VIS_CSTYLE encoding of `strsvis(3)

Calculate edit distance between `self` and `other` using the Levenshtein distance algorithm.

Ensures that a combination of [`Keyword`] and [`Value`] uses a [`Value::Single`] and returns the value. # Errors Returns an error, if `value` is a [

Fails if `self` tracks any invalid paths.

Check if file content was changed in such a way that it should be extracted again. Returns `Ok(Some(path))`, where `path` points to the file if there

Finds the **soname** dependencies required by a package. This function takes a package file `path` and a lookup directory `lookup_dir` and extracts a

Finds the **soname** data provided by a package. This function takes a package file and a lookup directory and extracts a list of [`SonameV2`] provid

Recognizes URL queries specific to the Git VCS. This parser considers the `?signed` URL query in an alpm-package-source string.

Groups a list of [`SonameV2`] data by their shared library prefixes. Returns a map of shared library prefixes, each with a list of raw [`Soname`] inf