LINTIAN::PROCESSABLE::INSTALLABLE::CHANGELOG(3)

💖 Lintian::Pr...::Changelog(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Debian Package Checker corner of the docs ✨ this one is all about Lintian::Processable::Installable::Changelog, and yes it's a mouthful, we've all been there 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Lintian::Processable::Installable::Changelog — your lil doorway to collected changelog data 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

use Lintian::Processable;

that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🌸

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Lintian::Processable::Installable::Changelog gives you an interface to changelog data. a whole interface!! for changelogs!! iconic behavior honestly 👑

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💅 INSTANCE METHODS 💅

• changelog_item
• changelog

and here's the tea, specifically For binary: 🫖

Returns the changelog of the binary package as a Parse::DebianChangelog object, or an empty object if the changelog doesn't exist 😭 no changelog? empty object. we move.

⚠️ important bestie: the changelog-file collection script must have been run to create the changelog file, and this method expects to find it in changelog. no script, no file, no changelog. periodt 💀

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. thank you felix, we appreciate you fr fr 🫶✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• lintian(1)

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Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2 🌸 2026-10-08 — mwah, that's a wrap, go read your changelogs bestie, slay 💖💅🎀