NAME

Lintian::Profile - Profile parser for Lintian

SYNOPSIS

 my $profile = Lintian::Profile->new ('debian');

DESCRIPTION

Lintian::Profile handles finding, parsing and implementation of Lintian Profiles as well as loading the relevant Lintian checks.

INSTANCE METHODS

$prof->known_aliases()

Returns a hash with old names that have new names.

$prof->profile_list

Returns a list ref of the (normalized) names of the profile and its parents. The last element of the list is the name of the profile itself, the second last is its parent and so on.

Note: This list reference and its contents should not be modified.

$prof->name

Returns the name of the profile, which may differ from the name used to create this instance of the profile (e.g. due to symlinks).

load ([$profname[, $ipath[, $extra]]])

Loads a new profile. $profname is the name of the profile and $ipath is a list reference containing the path to one (or more) Lintian "roots".

If $profname is "undef", the default vendor will be loaded based on Dpkg::Vendor::get_current_vendor.

If $ipath is not given, a default one will be used.

$prof->known_tags

$prof->enabled_tags

$prof->get_tag ($name)

Returns the Lintian::Tag for $tag if known. Otherwise it returns undef.

$prof->is_overridable ($tag)

Returns a false value if the tag has been marked as "non-overridable". Otherwise it returns a truth value.

$prof->known_checks

$prof->enabled_checks

$prof->get_checkinfo ($name)

Returns the Lintian::Check::Info for $name. Otherwise it returns undef.

$prof->enable_tag ($name)

Enables a tag.

$prof->disable_tag ($name)

Disable a tag.

$prof->include_path ([$path])

Returns an array of paths to the (partial) Lintian roots, which are used by this profile. The paths are ordered from "highest" to "lowest" priority (i.e. items in the earlier paths should shadow those in later ones).

If $path is given, the array will contain the paths to the path in these roots denoted by $path.

Paths returned are not guaranteed to exists.

read_profile

display_level_for_tag

tag_is_enabled(TAG)

display(OPERATION, RELATION, SEVERITY)

Configure which tags are displayed by severity. OPERATION is "+" to display the indicated tags, "-" to not display the indicated tags, or "=" to not display any tags except the indicated ones. RELATION is one of "<", "<=", "=", ">=", or ">". The OPERATION will be applied to all values of severity that match the given RELATION on the SEVERITY argument. If either of those arguments are undefined, the action applies to any value for that variable. For example:

    $tags->display('=', '>=', 'error');
    

turns off display of all tags and then enables display of any tag of severity error or higher.

    $tags->display('+', '>', 'warning');
    

adds to the current configuration display of all tags with a severity higher than warning.

    $tags->display('-', '=', 'info');
    

turns off display of tags of severity info.

This method throws an exception on errors, such as an unknown severity or an impossible constraint (like "> serious").

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO

lintian(1)