Lintian::Deb822::File(3)

✨ Lintian::Deb822::File ✨

okay bestie, so this page is Lintian::Deb822::File(3), and it lives in the Lintian manual, section 3 (that's the library functions girlies 🫶). Let's get into it.

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💖 NAME 💖

Lintian::Deb822::File — a deb822 control file. that's it, that's the whole name. iconic, brief, no notes. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the way you just... pull it in:

use Lintian::Deb822::File;

that's literally the entire synopsis. one line. slay. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so Lintian::Deb822::File represents a paragraph in a Deb822 control file. that's the vibe. that's what it is. a whole little paragraph of deb822, wrapped up in an object like a lil gift 🎀

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👑 INSTANCE METHODS 👑

okay so these are the methods you get on an instance. some of them have lore (aka descriptions), some of them are just... names on the page, standing there, mysterious. i'm not gonna make stuff up about them, periodt. 💀

• sections — an array of Deb822::Section objects, in the order they originally appeared. so like, the order they showed up in the file. it's giving "chronological, bestie". ✨
• positions — line positions. that's what the page says, so that's what you get. 🌸
• first_mention — listed as a method. no description on the page, so i'm not gonna invent one. 🙈
• last_mention — also listed. also no description. mysterious main character energy honestly. 💜
• read_file — yep, it's here, on the list. 📋
• parse_string — and this one too. ✨

lowkey important: the page lists first_mention, last_mention, read_file and parse_string as instance methods but doesn't say anything about them. i'm keeping it that way — no cap, no guessing. 🫶

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🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. thank you felix, you ate. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• lintian(1)

go read that one next bestie, it's the whole vibe. 💖

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and that's the page!! Lintian v2.114.0ubuntu1.8, dated 2026-05-06 — that's the source, version and date straight off the footer, mwah. 🎀✨💅