Provided by: lintian_2.104.0ubuntu3_all
NAME
Lintian::Output - Lintian messaging handling
SYNOPSIS
use Lintian::Output; my $out = Lintian::Output->new; $out->verbosity(-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 be easily extensible via subclassing. To simplify usage in the most common cases, many Lintian::Output methods can be used as class methods and will therefore automatically use the object $Lintian::Output::GLOBAL unless their first argument "isa('Lintian::Output')".
ATTRIBUTES
The following fields impact the behavior of Lintian::Output. html color colors debug If set to a positive integer, will enable all debug messages issued with a level lower or equal to its value. perf_debug perf_log_fd proc_id2tag_count showdescription Whether to show the description of a tag when printing it. tty_hyperlinks tag_display_limit Get/Set the number of times a tag is emitted per processable. verbosity Determine how verbose the output should be. "0" is the default value (tags and msg only), "-1" is quiet (tags only) and "1" is verbose (tags, msg and v_msg). "delimiter"
CLASS/INSTANCE METHODS
These methods can be used both with and without an object. If no object is given, they will fall back to the $Lintian::Output::GLOBAL object. "msg(@args)" Will output the strings given in @args, one per line, each line prefixed with 'N: '. Will do nothing if verbosity is less than 0. "v_msg(@args)" Will output the strings given in @args, one per line, each line prefixed with 'N: '. Will do nothing unless verbosity is greater than 0. "debug_msg($level, @args)" $level should be a positive integer. Will output the strings given in @args, one per line, each line prefixed with 'N: '. Will do nothing unless debug is set to a positive integer >= $level. "perf_log(@args)" Like "v_msg", except output is possibly sent to a dedicated log file. Will output the strings given in @args, one per line. The lines will not be prefixed. Will do nothing unless perf_debug is set to a positive integer.
SEE ALSO
lintian(1)