+=head2 getpseudodesc
+
+ my $pseudopkgdesc = getpseudodesc(...);
+
+Returns the entry for a pseudo package from the
+$config{pseudo_desc_file}. In cases where pseudo_desc_file is not
+defined, returns an empty arrayref.
+
+This function can be used to see if a particular package is a
+pseudopackage or not.
+
+=cut
+
+our $_pseudodesc;
+sub getpseudodesc {
+ return $_pseudodesc if $_pseudodesc;
+ my %pseudodesc;
+
+ if (not defined $config{pseudo_desc_file}) {
+ $_pseudodesc = {};
+ return $_pseudodesc;
+ }
+ my $pseudo = IO::File->new($config{pseudo_desc_file},'r')
+ or die "Unable to open $config{pseudo_desc_file}: $!";
+ while(<$pseudo>) {
+ next unless m/^(\S+)\s+(\S.*\S)\s*$/;
+ $pseudodesc{lc $1} = $2;
+ }
+ close($pseudo);
+ $_pseudodesc = \%pseudodesc;
+ return $_pseudodesc;
+}
+
+
+=head1 DATE
+
+ my $english = secs_to_english($seconds);
+ my ($days,$english) = secs_to_english($seconds);
+
+XXX This should probably be changed to use Date::Calc
+
+=cut
+
+sub secs_to_english{
+ my ($seconds) = @_;
+
+ my $days = int($seconds / 86400);
+ my $years = int($days / 365);
+ $days %= 365;
+ my $result;
+ my @age;
+ push @age, "1 year" if ($years == 1);
+ push @age, "$years years" if ($years > 1);
+ push @age, "1 day" if ($days == 1);
+ push @age, "$days days" if ($days > 1);
+ $result .= join(" and ", @age);
+
+ return wantarray?(int($seconds/86400),$result):$result;
+}
+