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.

1.22.18                                            2025-03-20                      Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl)