1Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl)
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6 Dpkg::Changelog::Parse - generic changelog parser for
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10 This module provides a set of functions which reproduce all the
11 features of dpkg-parsechangelog.
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14 $fields = changelog_parse(%opt)
15 This function will parse a changelog. In list context, it returns
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18 return any data, it will return an empty list in list context or
19 undef on scalar context. If the parser failed, it will die. Any
20 parse errors will be printed as warnings on standard error, but
21 this can be disabled by passing $opt{verbose} to 0.
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23 The changelog file that is parsed is debian/changelog by default
24 but it can be overridden with $opt{file}. The changelog name used
25 in output messages can be specified with $opt{label}, otherwise it
26 will default to $opt{file}. The default output format is "dpkg"
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29 The parsing itself is done by a parser module (searched in the
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32 By default it is either Dpkg::Changelog::Debian (from the "debian"
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34 changelog itself (extracted with this perl regular expression
35 "\schangelog-format:\s+([0-9a-z]+)\W"). But it can be overridden
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38 If $opt{compression} is false, the file will be loaded without
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46 Version 2.01 (dpkg 1.20.6)
47 New option: 'verbose' in changelog_parse().
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50 Remove functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().
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55 New option: 'compression' in changelog_parse().
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58 Deprecated functions: changelog_parse_debian(),
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64 New functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().
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