NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Lintian::Processable::Installable::Relation provides an interface to package data for
       binary packages.  It implements data collection methods specific to binary packages.

       This module is in its infancy.  Most of Lintian still reads all data from files in the
       laboratory whenever that data is needed and generates that data via collect scripts.  The
       goal is to eventually access all data about binary packages via this module so that the
       module can cache data where appropriate and possibly retire collect scripts in favor of
       caching that data in memory.

       Native heuristics are only available in source packages.

INSTANCE METHODS

       relation (FIELD)
           Returns a Lintian::Relation object for the specified FIELD, which should be one of the
           possible relationship fields of a Debian package or one of the following special
           values:

           All The concatenation of Pre-Depends, Depends, Recommends, and Suggests.

           Strong
               The concatenation of Pre-Depends and Depends.

           Weak
               The concatenation of Recommends and Suggests.

           If FIELD isn't present in the package, the returned Lintian::Relation object will be
           empty (always present and satisfies nothing).

       saved_relations

AUTHOR

       Originally written by Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> for Lintian.  Amended by Felix
       Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian.

SEE ALSO

       lintian(1)

Lintian v2.116.3ubuntu1                     2023-02Lintian::Processable::Installable::Relation(3)