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

# Lintian::Processable(3)

## NAME

Lintian::Processable -- An (abstract) object that Lintian can process

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use Lintian::Processable;
```

## DESCRIPTION

Instances of this perl class are objects that Lintian can process (e.g. deb files).  Multiple objects can then be combined into groups, which Lintian will process together.

## INSTANCE METHODS

- name

  Returns the name of the package.

- type

  Returns the type of package (e.g. binary, source, udeb ...)

- hints

  - $proc-\>version

  Returns the version of the package.

- $proc-\>path

  Returns the path to the packaged version of actual package.  This path is used in case the data needs to be extracted from the package.

- basename

  Returns the basename of the package path.

- $proc-\>architecture

  Returns the architecture(s) of the package. May return multiple values from changes processables.  For source processables it is "source".

- $proc-\>source\_name

  Returns the name of the source package.

- $proc-\>source\_version

  Returns the version of the source package.

- $proc-\>tainted

  Returns a truth value if one or more fields in this Processable is tainted.  On a best effort basis tainted fields will be sanitized to less dangerous (but possibly invalid) values.

- fields

  Lintian::Deb822::Section with primary field values.

- $proc-\>pooldir

  Returns a reference to lab this Processable is in.

- $proc-\>basedir

  Returns the base directory of this package inside the lab.

- "identifier"

  Produces an identifier for this processable.  The identifier is based on the type, name, version and architecture of the package.

- clean\_field

  Cleans a field of evil characters to prevent traversal or worse.

- guess\_name

  ## AUTHOR

Originally written by Niels Thykier \<niels@thykier.net\> for Lintian. Substantial portions written by Russ Allbery \<rra@debian.org\> for Lintian.

## SEE ALSO

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

Lintian::Processable::Installable

Lintian::Processable::Buildinfo

Lintian::Processable::Changes

Lintian::Processable::Source

Lintian::Group