Config...errides(3pm)

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version 3.026 · 6 versions
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💅 Config::Model::Dpkg::Lintian::Overrides(3pm) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the man pages — this is where the perl girlies hang out 💖. This page is all about Config::Model::Dpkg::Lintian::Overrides, and she's a lil niche but she's iconic at what she does.

✨ NAME ✨

Config::Model::Dpkg::Lintian::Overrides — she checks your lintian-overrides file, no cap 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ngl there is no synopsis here. Like, none. Zero. This class is not for you to call directly — she's meant to be used by the Dpkg model. She's not a main character you invoke, she's backstage crew serving looks for the model 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the tea 🍓: this class is derived from Config::Model::Value. She inherited the good genes.

Her whole job? Checking the content of:

  • debian/*lintian-overrides
  • debian/source/lintian-overrides

Like, those files? Yeah, she's reading them. She's checking them. She's being that girl 👑

But — and this is important — she's only checking the validity of the tags. That's it. She compares them against the list of tags that ships inside the lintian package. That's her whole vibe check.

Now, if she runs into an unknown tag or an obsolete tag? She will trigger a warning 🚨. She's not mean about it, but she's definitely gonna say something. Not her staying silent era.

And the good news? Obsolete tags can be swapped out for their shiny new name with:

cme fix dpkg

slay, glow-up complete ✨🦋

✨ Limitations ✨

okay we gotta be real for a sec 🙈

  • The syntax of lintian-overrides is not checked. Not at all. She does not do syntax. She does tags. That's the whole assignment. If you were hoping for syntax validation, this is not the class for you, bestie 😭

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Dominique Dumont, who you can reach at ddumont [AT] cpan [DOT] org 💌

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the girlies you should also go check out 🫶

  • Config::Model
  • Config::Model::Value
  • lintian

and that's the page!! 🌈

<cute>tiny sign-off moment:</cute> this lil beauty comes from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-30. stan. 💖🎀

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