LINTIAN::DATA::AUTHORITY::DEBIANPOLICY(3)

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version 2.139.0ubuntu2 · 9 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

Lintian::Data::Authority::DebianPolicy — the Lintian interface for manual references 💖

(yes bestie, this is a section 3 page from the Debian Package Checker manual, we're in the library zone now 🫶)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Lintian::Data::Authority::DebianPolicy;

like that's it, that's the whole vibe check 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so Lintian::Data::Authority::DebianPolicy gives you a way to load data files for manual references. that's the whole job. it's giving "quietly doing important work in the background" and honestly? iconic 👑

✨ CLASS METHODS ✨

the class methods you get, in the order they appear, no skipping, no gatekeeping 🌸:

  • title
  • shorthand
  • location
  • separator
  • consumer
  • markdown_citation
  • write_line
  • write_data_file
  • extract_sections_from_links
  • refresh
bestie these are listed as-is in the original, so no extra lore from me — I'm not gonna invent behaviour, that would be a crime 🙈

✨ AUTHOR ✨

originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. credited, respected, periodt 💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

and that's a wrap on this one, bestie 🎀 this was Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2, dated 2026-10-08 — stan a maintained manpage, mwah 💖✨

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