NAME

       Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian - represents a Debian changelog entry

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents a Debian changelog entry. It implements the generic interface
       Dpkg::Changelog::Entry. Only functions specific to this implementation are described
       below.

METHODS

       @items = $entry->get_change_items()
           Return a list of change items. Each item contains at least one line.  A change line
           starting with an asterisk denotes the start of a new item.  Any change line like ""[
           Raphaël Hertzog ]"" is treated like an item of its own even if it starts a set of
           items attributed to this person (the following line necessarily starts a new item).

       @errors = $entry->parse_header()
       @errors = $entry->parse_trailer()
           Return a list of errors. Each item in the list is an error message describing the
           problem. If the empty list is returned, no errors have been found.

       $entry->check_header()
           Obsolete method. Use parse_header() instead.

       $entry->check_trailer()
           Obsolete method. Use parse_trailer() instead.

       $entry->normalize()
           Normalize the content. Strip whitespaces at end of lines, use a single empty line to
           separate each part.

       $src = $entry->get_source()
           Return the name of the source package associated to the changelog entry.

       $ver = $entry->get_version()
           Return the version associated to the changelog entry.

       @dists = $entry->get_distributions()
           Return a list of target distributions for this version.

       $fields = $entry->get_optional_fields()
           Return a set of optional fields exposed by the changelog entry.  It always returns a
           Dpkg::Control object (possibly empty though).

       $urgency = $entry->get_urgency()
           Return the urgency of the associated upload.

       $maint = $entry->get_maintainer()
           Return the string identifying the person who signed this changelog entry.

       $time = $entry->get_timestamp()
           Return the timestamp of the changelog entry.

       $time = $entry->get_timepiece()
           Return the timestamp of the changelog entry as a Time::Piece object.

           This function might return undef if there was no timestamp.

UTILITY FUNCTIONS

       $bool = match_header($line)
           Checks if the line matches a valid changelog header line.

       $bool = match_trailer($line)
           Checks if the line matches a valid changelog trailing line.

       @closed_bugs = find_closes($changes)
           Takes one string as argument and finds "Closes: #123456, #654321" statements as
           supported by the Debian Archive software in it. Returns all closed bug numbers in an
           array.

CHANGES

   Version 1.03 (dpkg 1.18.8)
       New methods: $entry->get_timepiece().

   Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.18.5)
       New methods: $entry->parse_header(), $entry->parse_trailer().

       Deprecated methods: $entry->check_header(), $entry->check_trailer().

   Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.2)
       New functions: match_header(), match_trailer()

       Deprecated variables: $regex_header, $regex_trailer

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