Lintian::Processable::Installable::Class(3)

Lintian interface to binary package data collection

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Description

Lintian::Processable::Installable::Class

NAME

Lintian::Processable::Installable::Class - Lintian interface to binary package data collection

SYNOPSIS

my ($name, $type, $dir) = ('foobar', 'binary', '/path/to/lab-entry');
my $collect = Lintian::Processable::Installable::Class->new($name);

DESCRIPTION

Lintian::Processable::Installable::Class provides an interface to package data for binary packages.

INSTANCE METHODS

is_debug_package

The package probably contains only debug symbols.

is_auto_generated

The package was probably generated automatically.

is_transitional

The package is probably transitional, i.e. it probably depends
on stuff will eventually disappear.

is_meta_package

This package is probably some kind of meta or task package. A meta package is usually empty and just depend on stuff. It also returns a true value for "tasks" (i.e. tasksel "tasks").

AUTHOR

Originally written by Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]> for Lintian. Amended by Felix Lechner <[email protected]> for Lintian.