Revision: arch-perl--devel--0--patch-141
Archive: migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL
Creator: Mikhael Goikhman <migo@homemail.com>
Date: Thu Apr 14 04:32:01 IDT 2005
Standard-date: 2005-04-14 01:32:01 GMT
New-files: perllib/Arch/.arch-ids/Backend.pm.id
    perllib/Arch/Backend.pm tests/.arch-ids/backend-1.id
    tests/backend-1
Modified-files: NEWS perllib/Arch/Registry.pm
    perllib/Arch/Test/Archive.pm perllib/Arch/Test/Tree.pm
    perllib/Arch/Tree.pm perllib/Arch/Util.pm
    tests/registry-1 tests/session-1 tests/test-tree-1
    tests/tree-3
New-patches: migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel--0--patch-141
Summary: add new class Arch::Backend to query backend specific features
Keywords: 

Arch::Backend is a new way to get/set the arch backend executable and to
query its name and version, as well as a collection of boolean functions
like is_baz or has_archive_setup_cmd.

Remove all arch_backend specific functions from Arch::Util.
Update/enhance other affected classes and tests.

Add new tests/backend-1.
