1Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl)   libdpkg-perl   Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl)
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NAME

6       Dpkg::Changelog::Debian - parse Debian changelogs
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DESCRIPTION

9       This class represents a Debian changelog file as an array of changelog
10       entries (Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian).  It implements the generic
11       interface Dpkg::Changelog.  Only methods specific to this
12       implementation are described below, the rest are inherited.
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14       Dpkg::Changelog::Debian parses Debian changelogs as described in
15       deb-changelog(5).
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17       The parser tries to ignore most cruft like # or /* */ style comments,
18       RCS keywords, Vim modelines, Emacs local variables and stuff from older
19       changelogs with other formats at the end of the file.  NOTE: most of
20       these are ignored silently currently, there is no parser error issued
21       for them. This should become configurable in the future.
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METHODS

24       $count = $c->parse($fh, $description)
25           Read the filehandle and parse a Debian changelog in it, to store
26           the entries as an array of Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian objects.
27           Any previous entries in the object are reset before parsing new
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30           Returns the number of changelog entries that have been parsed with
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CHANGES

34   Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
35       Mark the module as public.
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SEE ALSO

38       Dpkg::Changelog
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