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

📘 NAME

Dpkg::Changelog::Parse - generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
📄 Parse default changelog	changelog_parse()	Parse debian/changelog and return a Dpkg::Control object
📁 Parse specific file	changelog_parse(file => 'path/to/changelog')	Parse custom changelog file
🗂️ Specify output format	changelog_parse(format => 'dpkg')	Override the default output format
🔧 Specify changelog format	changelog_parse(changelogformat => 'debian')	Use a specific parser module
📦 Disable compression	changelog_parse(compression => 0)	Load file without compression support
🔇 Suppress warnings	changelog_parse(verbose => 0)	Disable parse error warnings

📝 DESCRIPTION

This module provides a set of functions which reproduce all the features of dpkg-parsechangelog.

🔧 FUNCTIONS

• $fields = changelog_parse(%opt) — 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 $opt{verbose} to 0.
  Options:
  • 🔹 $opt{file} — The changelog file to parse (default: debian/changelog)
  • 🔹 $opt{label} — The changelog name used in output messages (default: $opt{file})
  • 🔹 $opt{format} — The output format (default: "dpkg")
  • 🔹 $opt{changelogformat} — The parser module name (default: auto-detected from the changelog using regex \schangelog-format:\s+([0-9a-z]+)\W or Dpkg::Changelog::Debian)
  • 🔹 $opt{compression} — Set to false to disable compression support (default: disabled if file is the default)
  • 🔹 All other keys in %opt are forwarded to the parser module constructor.

📅 CHANGES

🔹 Version 2.01 (dpkg 1.20.6)

• 🔹 New option: verbose in changelog_parse().

🔹 Version 2.00 (dpkg 1.20.0)

• 🔹 Removed functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().
• 🔹 Removed 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.

1.21.1 2025-09-09 Dpkg::Changelog::Parse(3perl)

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