dpkg::changelog::parse(3)

NAME

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

This module provides a single function changelog_parse() which reproduces all the features of dpkg-parsechangelog.
Functions: my $fields = changelog_parse(%opt); This function will parse a changelog. In list context, it return as
many Dpkg::Control object as the parser did output. In scalar context, it will return only the first one. If the parser didn't return any
data, it will return an empty in list context or undef on scalar
context. If the parser failed, it will die.; The parsing itself is done by an external program (searched in the
following list of directories: $opt{libdir},
/usr/local/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog, /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog) That program is named according to the format that it's able to parse. By
default it's either "debian" or the format name lookep 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}. The program expects the content of the changelog file on its standard input.; The changelog file that is parsed is debian/changelog by default but it can be overridden with $opt{file}.; All the other keys in %opt are forwarded as parameter to the external
parser. If the key starts with "-", it's passed as is. If not, it's
passed as "--<key>". If the value of the corresponding hash entry is
defined, then it's passed as the parameter that follows.