NAME

       Dpkg::Changelog::Parse - generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides a set of functions which reproduce all the features of dpkg-parsechangelog.

FUNCTIONS

       $fields = changelog_parse_debian(%opt)
           This  function  is  deprecated,  use  changelog_parse()  instead,  with  the  changelog format set to
           "debian".

       $fields = changelog_parse_plugin(%opt)
           This function is deprecated, use changelog_parse() instead.

       $fields = changelog_parse(%opt)
           This function will parse a changelog. In list context, it returns as many  Dpkg::Control  objects  as
           the  parser  did  create. In scalar context, it will return only the first one. If the parser did not
           return any data, it will return an empty list in list context or undef  on  scalar  context.  If  the
           parser failed, it will die.

           The  changelog  file  that  is  parsed  is  debian/changelog by default but it can be overridden with
           $opt{file}. The default output format is "dpkg" but it can be overridden with $opt{format}.

           The parsing itself is done by a parser module (searched in the  standard  perl  library  directories.
           That  module is named according to the format that it is able to parse, with the name capitalized. By
           default it is either Dpkg::Changelog::Debian (from the "debian" format) or the format name looked  up
           in  the  40  last  lines  of  the  changelog  itself  (extracted  with  this  perl regular expression
           "\schangelog-format:\s+([0-9a-z]+)\W"). But it can be overridden with $opt{changelogformat}.

           If $opt{compression} is false, the file will be loaded  without  compression  support,  otherwise  by
           default compression support is disabled if the file is the default.

           All the other keys in %opt are forwarded to the parser module constructor.

CHANGES

   Version 1.03 (dpkg 1.19.0)
       New option: 'compression' in changelog_parse().

   Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.18.8)
       Deprecated functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().

       Obsolete options: $forceplugin, $libdir.

   Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.18.2)
       New functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().

   Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
       Mark the module as public.

1.19.0.5                                           2022-05-25                      Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl)