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

NAME

       Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian - represents a Debian changelog entry

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents a Debian changelog entry. It implements the generic interface Dpkg::Changelog::Entry. Only functions specific to
       this implementation are described below.

VARIABLES

       $regex_header, $regex_trailer are two regular expressions that can be used to match a line and know whether it's a valid header/trailer
       line.

       The matched content for $regex_header is the source package name ($1), the version ($2), the target distributions ($3) and the options on
       the rest of the line ($4). For $regex_trailer, it's the maintainer name ($1), its email ($2), some blanks ($3) and the timestamp ($4).

FUNCTIONS

       my @items = $entry->get_change_items()
	   Return a list of change items. Each item contains at least one line.  A change line starting with an asterisk denotes the start of a
	   new item.  Any change line like "[ Raphael Hertzog ]" is treated like an item of its own even if it starts a set of items attributed to
	   this person (the following line necessarily starts a new item).

       my @errors = $entry->check_header()
       my @errors = $entry->check_trailer()
	   Return a list of errors. Each item in the list is an error message describing the problem. If the empty list is returned, no errors
	   have been found.

       $entry->normalize()
	   Normalize the content. Strip whitespaces at end of lines, use a single empty line to separate each part.

UTILITY FUNCTIONS

       my @closed_bugs = find_closes($changes)

       Takes one string as argument and finds "Closes: #123456, #654321" statements as supported by the Debian Archive software in it. Returns all
       closed bug numbers in an array.

AUTHOR

       Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>.

1.16.15 							    2014-06-05					 Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian(3)