package_db = {}

local function reload_packages()
    local data = ""
    for line in io.lines("/etc/.gcpm/package_list") do
        data = data .. line
    end
    print(data)
    package_db = serialization.unserialize(data)
end

reload_packages()

print(package_db['package-manager']['version'])

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Input for the serializer:
"{[\"package-manager\"]={files=\"test\",version=1.0,dependencies={\"tar\"}}}"