Dpkg::Changelog::Entry - represents a changelog entry
DESCRIPTION
This class represents a changelog entry. It is composed
of a set of lines with specific purpose: a header line, changes lines, a
trailer line. Blank lines can be between those kind of lines.
METHODS
$entry = Dpkg::Changelog::Entry->new()
Creates a new object. It doesn't represent a real changelog entry
until one has been successfully parsed or built from scratch.
$str = $entry->output()
"$entry"
Get a string representation of the changelog entry.
$entry->output($fh)
Print the string representation of the changelog entry to a
filehandle.
$entry->get_part($part)
Return either a string (for a single line) or an array ref (for multiple
lines) corresponding to the requested part. $part can be
``header, ''changes``, ''trailer``, ''blank_after_header``,
''blank_after_changes``, ''blank_after_trailer".
$entry->set_part($part, $value)
Set the value of the corresponding part. $value can be a string
or an array ref.
$entry->extend_part($part, $value)
Concatenate $value at the end of the part. If the part is already a
multi-line value, $value is added as a new line otherwise it's
concatenated at the end of the current line.
$is_empty = $entry->is_empty()
Returns 1 if the changelog entry doesn't contain anything at all.
Returns 0 as soon as it contains something in any of its non-blank
parts.
$entry->normalize()
Normalize the content. Strip whitespaces at end of lines, use a single
empty line to separate each part.
$src = $entry->get_source()
Return the name of the source package associated to the changelog entry.
$ver = $entry->get_version()
Return the version associated to the changelog entry.
@dists = $entry->get_distributions()
Return a list of target distributions for this version.
$fields = $entry->get_optional_fields()
Return a set of optional fields exposed by the changelog entry.
It always returns a Dpkg::Control object (possibly empty though).
$urgency = $entry->get_urgency()
Return the urgency of the associated upload.
$maint = $entry->get_maintainer()
Return the string identifying the person who signed this changelog entry.
$time = $entry->get_timestamp()
Return the timestamp of the changelog entry.
$time = $entry->get_timepiece()
Return the timestamp of the changelog entry as a Time::Piece object.
This function might return undef if there was no timestamp.
$str = $entry->get_dpkg_changes()
Returns a string that is suitable for usage in a "Changes" field
in the output format of "dpkg-parsechangelog".