+(* HCoop Domtool (http://hcoop.sourceforge.net/)
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2007, Adam Chlipala
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *)
+
+(* APT package database querying *)
+
+structure Apt :> APT = struct
+
+fun validName s = CharVector.all (fn ch => Char.isAlphaNum ch orelse ch = #"_" orelse ch = #"-" orelse ch = #".") s
+ andalso (size s > 0 andalso String.sub (s, 0) <> #"-")
+
+fun installed name =
+ validName name
+ andalso OS.Process.isSuccess (OS.Process.system ("/usr/bin/dpkg -p " ^ name ^ " >/dev/null 2>/dev/null"))
+
+end