Lintian::Processable::Package (3)

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NAME

Lintian::Processable::Package -- An object that Lintian can process

SYNOPSIS

 use Lintian::Processable::Package;
 
 my $proc = Lintian::Processable::Package->new ('lintian_2.5.0_all.deb');
 my $pkg_name = $proc->pkg_name;
 my $pkg_version = $proc->pkg_version;
 # etc.

DESCRIPTION

Instances of this perl class are objects that Lintian can process (e.g. deb files). Multiple objects can then be combined into groups, which Lintian will process together.

CLASS METHODS

new (FILE[,

TYPE

])

Creates a processable from

FILE.

If

TYPE

is given, the

FILE

is assumed to be that

TYPE

otherwise the type is determined by the file extension.

TYPE

is one of ``binary'' (.deb), ``udeb'' (.udeb), ``source'' (.dsc) or ``changes'' (.changes).

AUTHOR

Originally written by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> for Lintian.

SEE ALSO

lintian(1)

Lintian::Processable

Lintian::ProcessableGroup