# phpman > man > Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl)

## NAME
    [Dpkg::Changelog::Debian](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Dpkg%3A%3AChangelog%3A%3ADebian/markdown) - parse Debian changelogs

## DESCRIPTION
    This class represents a Debian changelog file as an array of changelog entries
    ([Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Dpkg%3A%3AChangelog%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADebian/markdown)). It implements the generic interface [Dpkg::Changelog](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Dpkg%3A%3AChangelog/markdown). Only
    methods specific to this implementation are described below, the rest are inherited.

    [Dpkg::Changelog::Debian](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Dpkg%3A%3AChangelog%3A%3ADebian/markdown) parses Debian changelogs as described in [deb-changelog(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/deb-changelog/5/markdown).

    The parser tries to ignore most cruft like # or /* */ style comments, RCS keywords, Vim
    modelines, Emacs local variables and 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. This should become configurable in the future.

## METHODS
    $count = $c->parse($fh, $description)
        Read the filehandle and parse a Debian changelog in it, to store the entries as an array of
        [Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Dpkg%3A%3AChangelog%3A%3AEntry%3A%3ADebian/markdown) objects. Any previous entries in the object are reset before
        parsing new data.

        Returns the number of changelog entries that have been parsed with success.

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

## SEE ALSO
    [Dpkg::Changelog](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Dpkg%3A%3AChangelog/markdown)