Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl)
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(%opts)
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 $opts{verbose} to 0.
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 $opts{changelogformat}.
All the other keys in %opts are forwarded to the parser module
constructor.
Options:
file
Set the changelog file to parse. Defaults to debian/changelog.
label
Set the changelog name used in output messages. Defaults to
$opts{file}.
compression
Set a boolean on whether to load the file without compression
support. If the file is the default compression is disabled,
otherwise the default is to enable compression.
changelogformat
Set the changelog input format to use.
format
Set the output format to use. Defaults to "dpkg".
verbose
Set whether to print any parse errors as warnings to standard
error. Defaults to true.
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.
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