---
name: "Lintian::Deb822::Constants"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "lintian"
version: "2.122.0"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Lintian::Deb822::Constants"
---

# Lintian::Deb822::Constants(3)

Lintian's generic Deb822 constants

## NAME

Lintian::Deb822::Constants - Lintian's generic Deb822 constants

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use Lintian::Deb822::Constants qw(DCTRL_NO_COMMENTS);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module contains a number of utility subs that are nice to have, but on their own did not warrant their own module.

Most subs are imported only on request.

## CONSTANTS

The following constants can be passed to the Debian control file parser functions to alter their parsing flag.

- DCTRL\_DEBCONF\_TEMPLATE

  The file should be parsed as debconf template.  These have slightly syntax rules for whitespace in some cases.

- DCTRL\_NO\_COMMENTS

  The file do not allow comments.  With this flag, any comment in the file is considered a syntax error.

## SEE ALSO

[**lintian**(1)](/lintian/1.md)