1Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl)
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6 Dpkg::Changelog::Debian - parse Debian changelogs
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9 This class represents a Debian changelog file as an array of changelog
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11 interface Dpkg::Changelog. Only methods specific to this
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14 Dpkg::Changelog::Debian parses Debian changelogs as described in
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17 The parser tries to ignore most cruft like # or /* */ style comments,
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19 changelogs with other formats at the end of the file. NOTE: most of
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24 $count = $c->parse($fh, $description)
25 Read the filehandle and parse a Debian changelog in it, to store
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