Lintian::Tag(3)

Lintian::Tag3

Lintian interface to tag metadata

Usage

    my $tag = Lintian::Tag->new;

Overview

This module provides an interface to tag metadata as gleaned from the *.desc files describing the checks. It can be used to retrieve specific metadata elements or to format the tag description.

Instance methods

name
visibility
check
name_spaced
show_always
experimental
explanation
see_also
renamed_from
profile
load(PATH)

Loads a tag description from PATH.

code()

Returns the one-letter code for the tag. This will be a letter chosen from "E", "W", "I", or "P", based on the tag visibility, and other attributes (such as whether experimental is set). This code will never be "O" or "X"; overrides and experimental tags are handled separately.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13

Author

Originally written by Russ Allbery <[email protected]> for Lintian.

From lintian 2.122.0 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.