Lintian::P...NotJustDocs(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Lintian::Processable::NotJustDocs — it's the Lintian interface to installable package data collection, bestie, and yes the name is a whole mouthful, we love her anyway 💖

Oh and for the record, this page lives in the Debian Package Checker Lintian manual, section 3, under the name Lintian::P...NotJustDocs (yes they literally truncated it, iconic of them).

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

my $processable = Lintian::Processable::Installable->new;

my $is_empty = $processable->not_just_docs;

Like, that's the whole vibe. Make a processable, ask the question, get your answer. 🦋

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so Lintian::Processable::NotJustDocs hands you an interface to package data for installation packages. That's it, that's the job, it's giving very focused very demure 🎀

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🫶 INSTANCE METHODS 🫶

• not_just_docs — returns a truth value if the package appears to be empty. So if you asked "is this thing empty?" and it goes yeah lowkey, you get a true back. No cap. 💀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. We stan a legend, fr fr 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• lintian(1) — go read it, it's the whole ecosystem, iykyk ⭐

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And that's the page, babe — straight outta Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2, dated 2026-10-08, serving Lintian::P...NotJustDocs(3) realness. Periodt. 💜✨