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Lintian::Processable::Source::Repacked – Lintian interface to source package data collection Synopsis my ($name, $type, $dir) = (‘foobar’, ‘source’, ‘/path/to/lab-entry’); my $collect = Lintian::Processable::Source::Repacked->new($name); if ($collect->native) { print "Package is native "; } Description Lintian::Processable::Source::Repacked provides an interface to package data for source packages. It implements data collection methods specific to source packages. This module is in…

Lintian::Processable::Source::Relation – Lintian interface to source package data collection Synopsis my ($name, $type, $dir) = (‘foobar’, ‘source’, ‘/path/to/lab-entry’); my $collect = Lintian::Processable::Source::Relation->new($name); if ($collect->native) { print "Package is native "; } Description Lintian::Processable::Source::Relation provides an interface to package data for source packages. It implements data collection methods specific to source packages. This module is in…

Lintian::Processable::Source::Format – Lintian interface to source format Synopsis my $collect = Lintian::Processable::Source::Format->new; Description Lintian::Processable::Source::Format provides an interface to source format information. Instance Methods source_format native Returns true if the source package is native and false otherwise. This is generally determined from the source format, though in the 1.0 case the nativeness is determined by looking…

Lintian::Processable::Source::Fields – Lintian interface to source package data collection Synopsis my ($name, $type, $dir) = (‘foobar’, ‘source’, ‘/path/to/lab-entry’); my $collect = Lintian::Processable::Source::Fields->new($name); if ($collect->native) { print "Package is native "; } Description Lintian::Processable::Source::Fields provides an interface to package data for source packages. It implements data collection methods specific to source packages. This module is in…

Lintian::Processable::Source::Diffstat – collect diffstat information Synopsis Lintian::Processable::Source::Diffstat::collect(undef, undef, undef); Description Lintian::Processable::Source::Diffstat collects diffstat information. Instance Methods add_diffstat Author Originally written by Richard Braakman <dark [at] xs4all.nl> for Lintian. See Also lintian(1)

Lintian::Processable::Source — A dsc source package Lintian can process Synopsis use Lintian::Processable::Source; my $processable = Lintian::Processable::Source->new; $processable->init(‘path’); Description This class represents a ‘dsc’ file that Lintian can process. Objects of this kind are often part of a Lintian::Group, which represents all the files in a changes or buildinfo file. Instance Methods init (FILE) Initializes a…

Lintian::Processable::Binary::Copyright – collect copyright information Synopsis Lintian::Processable::Binary::Copyright::collect(undef, undef, undef); Description Lintian::Processable::Binary::Copyright collects copyright information. Instance Methods add_copyright Author Originally written by Richard Braakman <dark [at] xs4all.nl> for Lintian. See Also lintian(1)

Lintian::Processable::Binary::Class – Lintian interface to binary package data collection Synopsis my ($name, $type, $dir) = (‘foobar’, ‘binary’, ‘/path/to/lab-entry’); my $collect = Lintian::Processable::Binary::Class->new($name); Description Lintian::Processable::Binary::Class provides an interface to package data for binary packages. It implements data collection methods specific to binary packages. This module is in its infancy. Most of Lintian still reads all data…

Lintian::Processable::Binary::Changelog – collect changelog information Synopsis Lintian::Processable::Binary::Changelog::collect(undef, undef, undef); Description Lintian::Processable::Binary::Changelog collects changelog information. Instance Methods add_changelog Author Originally written by Richard Braakman <dark [at] xs4all.nl> for Lintian. See Also lintian(1)

Lintian::Processable::Binary — A deb installation package Lintian can process Synopsis use Lintian::Processable::Binary; my $processable = Lintian::Processable::Binary->new; $processable->init(‘path’); Description This class represents a ‘deb’ file that Lintian can process. Objects of this kind are often part of a Lintian::Group, which represents all the files in a changes or buildinfo file. Instance Methods init (FILE) Initializes a…

Lintian::Processable — An (abstract) object that Lintian can process Synopsis use Lintian::Processable; # Instantiate via Lintian::Processable my $proc = Lintian::Processable->new; $proc->init_from_file(‘lintian_2.5.0_all.deb’); my $package = $proc->pkg_name; my $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::Pool — Pool of processables Synopsis use Lintian::Pool; my $pool = Lintian::Pool->new; $pool->add_file(‘foo.changes’); $pool->add_file(‘bar.dsc’); $pool->add_file(‘baz.deb’); $pool->add_file(‘qux.buildinfo’); foreach my $gname ($pool->get_group_names){ my $group = $pool->get_group($gname); process($gname, $group); } Methods $pool->groups Returns a hash reference to the list of processable groups that are currently in the pool. The key is a unique identifier based on name and…

Lintian::Path::FSInfo – File System information for Lintian::Path Synopsis my $l_path; # A L::Path object my $fs_info; # A L::Path::FSInfo object if ($fs_info->has_anchored_root_dir) { # The "root" dir is anchored and paths starting with "/" can # trivially be resolved (as relative to the "root" dir). } else { # The "root" dir is undefined and…

Lintian::Path – Lintian representation of a path entry in a package Synopsis my ($name, $type, $dir) = (‘lintian’, ‘source’, ‘/path/to/entry’); my $info = Lintian::Collect->new ($name, $type, $dir); my $path = $info->index(‘bin/ls’); if ($path->is_file) { # is file (or hardlink) if ($path->is_hardlink) { } if ($path->is_regular_file) { } } elsif ($path->is_dir) { # is dir if…

Lintian::Output – Lintian messaging handling Synopsis # non-OO use Lintian::Output qw(:messages); $Lintian::Output::GLOBAL->verbosity_level(1); msg("Something interesting"); v_msg("Something less interesting"); debug_msg(3, "Something very specific"); # OO use Lintian::Output; my $out = Lintian::Output->new; $out->verbosity_level(-1); $out->msg("Something interesting"); $out->v_msg("Something less interesting"); $out->debug_msg(3, "Something very specific"); Description Lintian::Output is used for all interaction between lintian and the user. It is designed to…

Lintian::Maintainer — Lintian checks shared between multiple scripts Synopsis use Lintian::Maintainer qw(check_maintainer); my ($maintainer, $field) = (‘John Doe’, ‘uploader’); check_maintainer ($maintainer, $field); Description This module provides functions to do some Lintian checks that need to be done in multiple places. There are certain low-level checks, such as validating a maintainer name and e-mail address or…

Lintian::Lab::ManifestDiff — Difference representation between two Manifests Synopsis use Lintian::Lab::Manifest; my $olist = Lintian::Lab::Manifest->new (‘binary’); my $nlist = Lintian::Lab::Manifest->new (‘binary’); $olist->read_list (‘old/binary-packages’); $nlist->read_list (‘new/binary-packages’); my $diff = $olist->diff($nlist); foreach my $added (@{ $diff->added }) { my $entry = $nlist->get (@$added); # do something } foreach my $removed (@{ $diff->removed }) { my $entry = $olist->get…

Lintian::Lab::Manifest — Lintian Lab manifest Synopsis use Lintian::Lab::Manifest; my $plist = Lintian::Lab::Manifest->new (‘binary’); # Read the file $plist->read_list(‘info/binary-packages’); # fetch the entry for lintian (if any) my $entry = $plist->get(‘lintian’, ‘2.5.2’, ‘all’); if ( $entry && exits $entry->{‘version’} ) { print "Lintian has version $entry->{‘version’}\n"; } # delete all lintian entries $plist->delete(‘lintian’); # Write to…

Lintian::Lab::Entry – A package inside the Lab Synopsis use Lintian::Lab; my $lab = Lintian::Lab->new ("dir"); my $lpkg = $lab->get_package ("name", "type", "version", "arch"); # create the entry $lpkg->create; # obtain a Lintian::Collect object. my $info = $lpkg->info; $lpkg->clear_cache; # Remove package from lab. $lpkg->remove; Description This module provides basic access and manipulation about an entry…

Lintian::Lab — Interface to the Lintian Lab Synopsis use Lintian::Lab; # Static lab my $lab = Lintian::Lab->new (‘/var/lib/lintian/static-lab’); if (!$lab->exists) { $lab->create; } $lab->open; # Fetch a package from the lab my $lpkg = $lab->get_package (‘lintian’, ‘binary’, ‘2.5.4’, ‘all’); my $visitor = sub { my ($lpkg, $pkg_name, $pkg_ver, $pkg_arch) = @_; # do stuff with…