NAME

       Lintian::Processable -- An (abstract) object that Lintian can process

SYNOPSIS

        use Lintian::Processable;

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

       name
           Returns the name of the package.

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

       $proc->version
           Returns the version of the package.

       $proc->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.

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

       $proc->source_name
           Returns the name of the source package.

       $proc->source_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.

       fields
           Lintian::Deb822::Section with primary field values.

       $proc->pooldir
           Returns a reference to lab this Processable is in.

       $proc->basedir
           Returns the base directory of this package inside the lab.

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

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

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

       guess_name
       unfolded_field (FIELD)
           This method returns the unfolded value of the control field FIELD in the control file
           for the package.  For a source package, this is the *.dsc file; for a binary package,
           this is the control file in the control section of the package.

           If FIELD is passed but not present, then this method returns undef.

AUTHOR

       Originally written by Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> for Lintian.  Substantial portions
       written by Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> for Lintian.

SEE ALSO

       lintian(1)

       Lintian::Processable::Installable

       Lintian::Processable::Buildinfo

       Lintian::Processable::Changes

       Lintian::Processable::Source

       Lintian::Group