LINTIAN::DEB822::CONSTANTS(3)

💅 Lintian::Deb822::Constants(3) — Debian Package Checker ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about Lintian::Deb822::Constants — Lintian's generic Deb822 constants 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Lintian::Deb822::Constants — Lintian's generic Deb822 constants, periodt 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

no thoughts, just vibes, and also this exact line:

use Lintian::Deb822::Constants qw(DCTRL_NO_COMMENTS);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this module is literally just a lil bag of utility subs 🌈. They're nice to have around, but honestly? On their own they did not warrant their own module, so they all live here together like one big happy group chat 🫶.

Most of these subs are only imported on request — they don't just show up uninvited, they wait for you to invite them 💌.

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👑 CONSTANTS 👑

The following constants can be passed to the Debian control file parser functions to alter their parsing flag 🔥. iykyk.

• DCTRL_DEBCONF_TEMPLATE — tells the parser to treat the file as a debconf template ✨. These have slightly syntax rules for whitespace in some cases, no cap, so watch those lil spaces 👀.
• DCTRL_NO_COMMENTS — this one says the file does not allow comments 💀. Flip this flag on and literally any comment in the file gets treated as a syntax error. Not a warning. Not a vibe check fail. A full-on error 🙈.

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• lintian(1) — go read it, bestie, it's iconic 👑

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lowkey that's the whole page — short and slay 💅

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so yeah, that's the tea 🍓. This lil icon lives in Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2, dated 2026-10-08, and it's giving main character energy in Lintian::De...::Constants(3) 💖✨🎀🦋🌸