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Dpkg::Changelog(3)		 libdpkg-perl		    Dpkg::Changelog(3)

NAME
       Dpkg::Changelog - base class to implement a changelog parser

DESCRIPTION
       Dpkg::Changelog is a class representing a changelog file as an array of
       changelog entries (Dpkg::Changelog::Entry).  By deriving this object
       and implementing its parse method, you add the ability to fill this
       object with changelog entries.

METHODS
       $c = Dpkg::Changelog->new(%options)
	   Creates a new changelog object.

       $c->load($filename)
	   Parse $filename as a changelog.

       $c->set_options(%opts)
	   Change the value of some options. "verbose" (defaults to 1) defines
	   whether parse errors are displayed as warnings by default.
	   "reportfile" is a string to use instead of the name of the file
	   parsed, in particular in error messages. "range" defines the range
	   of entries that we want to parse, the parser will stop as soon as
	   it has parsed enough data to satisfy $c->get_range($opts{range}).

       $c->reset_parse_errors()
	   Can be used to delete all information about errors occurred during
	   previous parse runs.

       $c->parse_error($file, $line_nr, $error, [$line])
	   Record a new parse error in $file at line $line_nr. The error
	   message is specified with $error and a copy of the line can be
	   recorded in $line.

       $c->get_parse_errors()
	   Returns all error messages from the last parse run.	If called in
	   scalar context returns a human readable string representation. If
	   called in list context returns an array of arrays. Each of these
	   arrays contains

	   1.  a string describing the origin of the data (a filename
	       usually). If the reportfile configuration option was given, its
	       value will be used instead.

	   2.  the line number where the error occurred

	   3.  an error description

	   4.  the original line

       $c->set_unparsed_tail($tail)
	   Add a string representing unparsed lines after the changelog
	   entries.  Use undef as $tail to remove the unparsed lines currently
	   set.

       $c->get_unparsed_tail()
	   Return a string representing the unparsed lines after the changelog
	   entries. Returns undef if there's no such thing.

       @{$c}
	   Returns all the Dpkg::Changelog::Entry objects contained in this
	   changelog in the order in which they have been parsed.

       $c->get_range($range)
	   Returns an array (if called in list context) or a reference to an
	   array of Dpkg::Changelog::Entry objects which each represent one
	   entry of the changelog. $range is a hash reference describing the
	   range of entries to return. See section "RANGE SELECTION".

       $c->abort_early()
	   Returns true if enough data have been parsed to be able to return
	   all entries selected by the range set at creation (or with
	   set_options).

       $c->save($filename)
	   Save the changelog in the given file.

       $c->output()
       "$c"
	   Returns a string representation of the changelog (it's a
	   concatenation of the string representation of the individual
	   changelog entries).

       $c->output($fh)
	   Output the changelog to the given filehandle.

       $control = $c->dpkg($range)
	   Returns a Dpkg::Control::Changelog object representing the entries
	   selected by the optional range specifier (see "RANGE SELECTION" for
	   details).  Returns undef in no entries are matched.

	   The following fields are contained in the object:

	   Source
	       package name (in the first entry)

	   Version
	       packages' version (from first entry)

	   Distribution
	       target distribution (from first entry)

	   Urgency
	       urgency (highest of all printed entries)

	   Maintainer
	       person that created the (first) entry

	   Date
	       date of the (first) entry

	   Closes
	       bugs closed by the entry/entries, sorted by bug number

	   Changes
	       content of the the entry/entries

       @controls = $c->rfc822($range)
	   Returns a Dpkg::Index containing Dpkg::Control::Changelog objects
	   where each object represents one entry in the changelog that is
	   part of the range requested (see "RANGE SELECTION" for details).
	   For the format of such an object see the description of the "dpkg"
	   method (while ignoring the remarks about which values are taken
	   from the first entry).

RANGE SELECTION
       A range selection is described by a hash reference where the allowed
       keys and values are described below.

       The following options take a version number as value.

       since
	   Causes changelog information from all versions strictly later than
	   version to be used.

       until
	   Causes changelog information from all versions strictly earlier
	   than version to be used.

       from
	   Similar to "since" but also includes the information for the
	   specified version itself.

       to  Similar to "until" but also includes the information for the
	   specified version itself.

       The following options don't take version numbers as values:

       all If set to a true value, all entries of the changelog are returned,
	   this overrides all other options.

       count
	   Expects a signed integer as value. Returns "value" entries from the
	   top of the changelog if set to a positive integer, and "abs(value)"
	   entries from the tail if set to a negative integer.

       offset
	   Expects a signed integer as value. Changes the starting point for
	   "count", either counted from the top (positive integer) or from the
	   tail (negative integer). "offset" has no effect if "count" wasn't
	   given as well.

       Some examples for the above options. Imagine an example changelog with
       entries for the versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 3.1.

	 Range			      Included entries
	 -----			      ----------------
	 since => '2.0'		      3.1, 3.0, 2.2
	 until => '2.0'		      1.3, 1.2
	 from  => '2.0'		      3.1, 3.0, 2.2, 2.1, 2.0
	 to    => '2.0'		      2.0, 1.3, 1.2
	 count =>  2		      3.1, 3.0
	 count => -2		      1.3, 1.2
	 count =>  3, offset => 2     2.2, 2.1, 2.0
	 count =>  2, offset => -3    2.0, 1.3
	 count => -2, offset => 3     3.0, 2.2
	 count => -2, offset => -3    2.2, 2.1

       Any combination of one option of "since" and "from" and one of "until"
       and "to" returns the intersection of the two results with only one of
       the options specified.

CHANGES
   Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
       Mark the module as public.

AUTHOR
       Frank Lichtenheld, <frank@lichtenheld.de> Raphaƫl Hertzog,
       <hertzog@debian.org>

1.18.4				  2015-11-26		    Dpkg::Changelog(3)
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