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NAME

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 will process together.

INSTANCE METHODS

$proc->pkg_name

Returns the package name.

$proc->pkg_version

Returns the version of the package.

$proc->pkg_path

Returns the path to the packaged version of actual package. This path is used in case the data needs to be extracted from the package.

Note: This may return the path to a symlink to the package.

$proc->pkg_type

Returns the type of package (e.g. binary, source, udeb ...)

$proc->pkg_arch

Returns the architecture(s) of the package. May return multiple values from changes processables. For source processables it is "source".

$proc->pkg_src

Returns the name of the source package.

$proc->pkg_src_version

Returns the version of the source package.

$proc->tainted

Returns a truth value if one or more fields in this Processable is tainted. On a best effort basis tainted fields will be sanitized to less dangerous (but possibly invalid) values.

$proc->identifier

Produces an identifier for this processable. The identifier is based on the type, name, version and architecture of the package.

lab

Returns a reference to lab this Processable is in.

base_dir

Returns the base directory of this package inside the lab.

group

Returns a reference to the Processable::Group related to this entry.

saved_info

Returns a reference to the info structure related to this entry.

extra_fields

Returns a reference to the extra fields related to this entry.

link_label

Returns a reference to the extra fields related to this entry.

saved_link

Returns a reference to the extra fields related to this entry.

info

Returns the info object associated with this entry.

Overrides info from Lintian::Processable.

clear_cache

Clears any caches held; this includes discarding the info object.

Overrides clear_cache from Lintian::Processable.

remove

Removes all unpacked parts of the package in the lab. Returns a truth value if successful.

get_group_id

Calculates an appropriate group id for the package. It is based on the name and the version of the src-pkg.

clean_field

Cleans a field of evil characters to prevent traversal or worse.

link

Returns the link in the work area to the input data.

create

Creates a link to the input file near where all files in that group will be unpacked and analyzed.

guess_name

Creates a link to the input file near where all files in that group will be unpacked and analyzed.

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO

lintian(1)

Lintian::Processable::Group

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