Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl)

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💅 Dpkg::Changelog::Debian — like, the Perl module for parsing Debian changelogs, iykyk

okay so bestie, welcome to Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl) from libdpkg-perl — yes that's the manual name, I'm folding it in here so it's not just vibing at the top like a stray 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

Dpkg::Changelog::Debian — parse Debian changelogs. that's it, that's the whole gig 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This class represents a Debian changelog file as an array of changelog entries (Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian). Like, each entry gets its own little moment. main character energy for every stanza, fr fr 👑

It implements the generic interface Dpkg::Changelog. Only the methods that are specific to this implementation get described down below — everything else? inherited. so don't come for me asking where the rest went, they're at home with their parent class 🫶

Dpkg::Changelog::Debian parses Debian changelogs as described in deb-changelog(5). no cap, that's the spec.

The parser tries to ignore most cruft — and bestie, when I say cruft, I mean:

  • # or /* */ style comments
  • RCS keywords
  • Vim modelines
  • Emacs local variables
  • and just... stuff from older changelogs with other formats at the end of the file 💀
NOTE: most of these are ignored silently currently. there is no parser error issued for them. literally nothing, it just looks away 🙈. This should become configurable in the future — so like, watch this space.

🦋 METHODS 🦋

  • $count = $chlog->parse($fh, $description) — Read the filehandle and parse a Debian changelog in it, storing the entries as an array of Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian objects. Any previous entries in the object are reset before parsing new data (clean slate, we love a fresh start ✨). Returns the number of changelog entries that have been parsed with success. iconic behaviour tbh.

🔥 CHANGES 🔥

⭐ Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)

  • Mark the module as public. she's out, she's public, she's slaying 💅

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • Dpkg::Changelog — the parent, the blueprint, the blueprint's blueprint 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie! brought to you by libdpkg-perl version 1.23.11-dirty, dated 2026-09-09 — mwah, drink some water, go parse a changelog 💜🧚🍓

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