LINTIAN::PROCESSABLE::DIFFSTAT(3)

✨ NAME ✨

Lintian::Processable::Diffstat — bestie, this is your lil gateway to all the collected diffstat data 💖 (it lives in the manual for Debian Package Checker, Lintian, iykyk)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

use Lintian::Processable;

that's it. that's the whole vibe. periodt. ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so Lintian::Processable::Diffstat literally just gives you an interface to diffstat data. that's the whole job. she's a connector, a liaison, a main character who introduces you to the data 💅 no cap.

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👑 INSTANCE METHODS 👑

diffstat

returns the path to the diffstat output that was run on the Debian packaging diff (a.k.a. the "diff.gz") — and this is specifically for 1.0 non-native packages, okay? 🎀

and for source packages that don't have a "diff.gz" component? she still returns a path, bestie — but it's the path to an empty file. and heads up, that "empty file" situation may be a device like /dev/null, so don't go assuming it's a regular file just sitting there 🙈

not me reminding you twice: it could literally be /dev/null. don't panic, it's iconic behavior, that's just how she do 💀

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. giving founder energy fr fr 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• lintian(1)

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and that's the whole page, babe — this was Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2, dated 2026-10-08, and you ate it 💅✨🍓🧚💜