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 first element of
           the list is the name of the profile itself, the second is its parent and so on.

           Note: This list is a reference. The contents should not be modified.

       our_vendor
       $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.

       get_current_name
       set_durable ($tag)
       $prof->is_durable ($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
       $prof->enable_tag ($name)
           Enables a tag.

       $prof->disable_tag ($name)
           Disable a tag.

       read_profile
       display_level_for_tag
       tag_is_enabled(TAG)
       display(OPERATION, RELATION, VISIBILITY)
           Configure  which  tags  are displayed by visibility.  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
           visibility that match the given RELATION on the VISIBILITY 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 visibility error or higher.

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

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

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

           turns off display of tags of visibility info.

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

       search_space

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO

       lintian(1)

Lintian v2.117.0ubuntu1.3                          2025-05-02                                Lintian::Profile(3)