LINTIAN::INSPECT::CHANGELOG::ENTRY(3)

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version 2.114.0ubuntu1.8 · 2 versions
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💖 Lintian::Inspect::Changelog::Entry 💖

okay so bestie, this one lives in the Lintian manual, section 3, and it's literally all about representing one single entry in a Debian changelog. one. singular. iconic behavior. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

Lintian::Inspect::Changelog::Entry — the lil object that represents one entry in a Debian changelog 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

(no synopsis bestie, they really just said "figure it out" 💀)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

🧚 Methods

  • init — makes you a brand new object. no options, no drama, no extra arguments. just vibes. ✨
  • new — literally just an alias for init. same thing, different name, slay. 💅
  • is_empty — checks whether the object is actually initialized with data. and here's the tea ☕: because of limitations in Parse::DebianChangelog, right now it just checks whether one of the fields Source, Version, Maintainer, Date, or Changes is initialized. that's it. that's the whole check. 🫶

🌈 Accessors

the following fields are all available through accessor functions, and every single field is a string value unless it says otherwise, okay? noted. 📝

  • Source
  • Version
  • Distribution
  • Urgency
  • Urgency_Comment
  • Urgency_LC
  • ExtraFields — hmm, so this one is actually Extra_Fields (all the fields except for urgency, as a hash), but the POD spelling forces the underscore, so that's the name you get. iykyk. 🙈
  • Header — the whole header, in verbatim form. exactly as it appeared, no glow-up, no editing. 💖
  • Changes — the actual content of the bug report, in verbatim form. yes, verbatim again. 👑
  • Trailer — the whole trailer, in verbatim form. the trilogy of verbatim, bestie. ✨
  • Closes — an Array of bug numbers. it's giving "we closed these" energy. 🔥
  • Maintainer
  • MaintainerEmail
  • Date
  • Timestamp — this is Date expressed in seconds since the epoch. number girlies rise up. ⭐
  • ERROR — the last parse error related to this entry, in the format described over at Parse::DebianChangelog::get_parse_errors. 😭
  • position

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

originally based on Parse::DebianChangelog by Frank Lichtenheld, <frank@lichtenheld.de> 🌸

👑 AUTHOR 👑

written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian, in response to #933134. we love a responsive queen. 💅

please see in the code; FSF's standard short text triggered a POD spelling error here. so yeah, go look at the code bestie, the vibes there are immaculate. 🦋

and that's the whole page!! no cap, every field, every accessor, every verbatim, all accounted for. you're welcome. 🫶

Lintian v2.114.0ubuntu1.8 · 2026-05-06 — mwah, that's the version and the date, signed off with love from your favorite changelog entry inspector. 💖✨🌸

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