Dpkg::Changelog::Parse - phpMan

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

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.

        The changelog file that is parsed is debian/changelog by default but
        it can be overridden with $opt{file}. The changelog name used in
        output messages can be specified with $opt{label}, otherwise it will
        default to $opt{file}. The default output format is "dpkg" but it
        can be overridden with $opt{format}.

        The parsing itself is done by a parser module (searched in the
        standard perl library directories. That module is named according to
        the format that it is able to parse, with the name capitalized. By
        default it is either Dpkg::Changelog::Debian (from the "debian"
        format) or the format name looked up in the 40 last lines of the
        changelog itself (extracted with this perl regular expression
        "\schangelog-format:\s+([0-9a-z]+)\W"). But it can be overridden
        with $opt{changelogformat}.

        If $opt{compression} is false, the file will be loaded without
        compression support, otherwise by default compression support is
        disabled if the file is the default.

        All the 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)
    Remove functions: changelog_parse_debian(), changelog_parse_plugin().

    Remove 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.