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(%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. Any parse errors will be printed as warnings on standard error, but  this
           can be disabled by passing $opt{verbose} to 0.

           The  changelog  file  that  is  parsed  is  debian/changelog by default but it can be overridden with
           $opt{file}. The changelog name used in output messages can be specified with  $opt{label},  otherwise
           it  will  default  to  $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 2.01 (dpkg 1.20.6)
       New option: 'verbose' in changelog_parse().

   Version 2.00 (dpkg 1.20.0)
       Remove functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().

       Remove warnings: For options 'forceplugin', 'libdir'.

   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.

1.22.6                                             2025-09-18                      Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl)