Dpkg::Deps::Union(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Deps::Union(3perl)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Dpkg::Deps::Union - list of unrelated dependencies

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This class represents a list of relationships. It inherits from Dpkg::Deps::Multiple.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

$dep->output(\[$fh])

The **output()** method uses ", " to join the list of relationships.

$dep->implies($other\_dep)

$dep->get\_evaluation($other\_dep)

These methods are not meaningful for this object and always return undef.

$dep->simplify\_deps($facts)

The simplification is done to generate an union of all the relationships. It uses $simple\_dep->merge\_union($other\_dep) to get its job done.

# [CHANGES](#CHANGES)

## [Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)](#Version_1.00_%28dpkg_1.15.6%29)

Mark the module as public.

2026-09-09 1.23.11-dirty

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Document: Dpkg::Deps::Union(3perl) from dpkg 1.23.11-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.dpkg.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git