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.IX Title "Dpkg::Changelog::Debian 3"
.TH Dpkg::Changelog::Debian 3 "2016-03-26" "1.16.18" "libdpkg-perl"
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.SH "NAME"
Dpkg::Changelog::Debian \- parse Debian changelogs
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Dpkg::Changelog::Debian parses Debian changelogs as described in the Debian
policy (version 3.6.2.1 at the time of this writing). See section
\&\*(L"\s-1SEE\s0 \s-1ALSO\s0\*(R" for locations where to find this definition.
.PP
The parser tries to ignore most cruft like # or /* */ style comments,
\&\s-1CVS\s0 comments, vim variables, emacs local variables and stuff from
older changelogs with other formats at the end of the file.
\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 most of these are ignored silently currently, there is no
parser error issued for them. This should become configurable in the
future.
.SS "\s-1METHODS\s0"
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\fI\f(CI$c\fI\->parse($fh, \f(CI$description\fI)\fR
.IX Subsection "$c->parse($fh, $description)"
.PP
Read the filehandle and parse a Debian changelog in it. Returns the number
of changelog entries that have been parsed with success.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Dpkg::Changelog
.PP
Description of the Debian changelog format in the Debian policy:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian\-policy/ch\-source.html#s\-dpkgchangelog <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgchangelog>.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Frank Lichtenheld, <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Raphaël Hertzog, <hertzog@debian.org>