Lintian::P...le::Control(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Lintian::Processable::Control — bestie, this is your lil backstage pass to all the collected control file data 💅

(you'll also see it written as Lintian::P...le::Control(3) when the header's being all shy and truncating, that's literally the same page 🎀)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Lintian::Processable;

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one line and you're in 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: Lintian::Processable::Control is the interface to control file data. it's giving "here's your access point, go get your info" energy. it provides an interface to control file data, periodt 👑

no cap, that's the entire job. it's the doorway, you walk through it, you get control file data. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

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🧚 INSTANCE METHODS 🧚

💜 control

returns the index for a binary control file. that's the whole thing, bestie — call it, get the index, slay ✨

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. we love a legend who documented their work fr fr 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• lintian(1)

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ngl if you got this far you're lowkey a Debian main character now. go read lintian(1) next, iykyk 💅

this was Lintian v2.114.0ubuntu1.8, dated 2026-05-06, and yes i'm signing off with the whole Lintian::P...le::Control(3) energy — bye bestie, go read some control files 🎀✨