NAME
Dpkg::Changelog - base class to implement a changelog parser
DESCRIPTION
Dpkg::Changelog is a class representing a changelog file as an array of
changelog entries (Dpkg::Changelog::Entry). By deriving this object
and implementing its parse method, you add the ability to fill this
object with changelog entries.
FUNCTIONS
my $c = Dpkg::Changelog->new(%options)
Creates a new changelog object.
$c->load($filename)
Parse $filename as a changelog.
$c->set_options(%opts)
Change the value of some options. "verbose" (defaults to 1) defines
whether parse errors are displayed as warnings by default.
"reportfile" is a string to use instead of the name of the file
parsed, in particular in error messages. "range" defines the range
of entries that we want to parse, the parser will stop as soon as
it has parsed enough data to satisfy $c->get_range($opts{'range'}).
$c->reset_parse_errors()
Can be used to delete all information about errors ocurred during
previous parse runs.
$c->parse_error($line_nr, $error, [$line])
Record a new parse error at line $line_nr. The error message is
specified with $error and a copy of the line can be recorded in
$line.
$c->get_parse_errors()
Returns all error messages from the last parse run. If called in
scalar context returns a human readable string representation. If
called in list context returns an array of arrays. Each of these
arrays contains
1. a string describing the origin of the data (a filename
usually). If the reportfile configuration option was given, its
value will be used instead.
2. the line number where the error occurred
3. an error description
4. the original line
$c->set_unparsed_tail($tail)
Add a string representing unparsed lines after the changelog
entries. Use undef as $tail to remove the unparsed lines currently
set.
$c->get_unparsed_tail()
Return a string representing the unparsed lines after the changelog
entries. Returns undef if there's no such thing.
@{$c}
Returns all the Dpkg::Changelog::Entry objects contained in this
changelog in the order in which they have been parsed.
$c->get_range($range)
Returns an array (if called in list context) or a reference to an
array of Dpkg::Changelog::Entry objects which each represent one
entry of the changelog. $range is a hash reference describing the
range of entries to return. See section "RANGE SELECTION".
$c->abort_early()
Returns true if enough data have been parsed to be able to return
all entries selected by the range set at creation (or with
set_options).
$c->save($filename)
Save the changelog in the given file.
$c->output()
"$c"
Returns a string representation of the changelog (it's a
concatenation of the string representation of the individual
changelog entries).
$c->output($fh)
Output the changelog to the given filehandle.
my $control = $c->dpkg($range)
Returns a Dpkg::Control::Changelog object representing the entries
selected by the optional range specifier (see "RANGE SELECTION" for
details). Returns undef in no entries are matched.
The following fields are contained in the object:
Source
package name (in the first entry)
Version
packages' version (from first entry)
Distribution
target distribution (from first entry)
Urgency
urgency (highest of all printed entries)
Maintainer
person that created the (first) entry
Date
date of the (first) entry
Closes
bugs closed by the entry/entries, sorted by bug number
Changes
content of the the entry/entries
my @controls = $c->rfc822($range)
Returns a Dpkg::Index containing Dpkg::Control::Changelog objects
where each object represents one entry in the changelog that is
part of the range requested (see "RANGE SELECTION" for details).
For the format of such an object see the description of the "dpkg"
method (while ignoring the remarks about which values are taken
from the first entry).
RANGE SELECTION
A range selection is described by a hash reference where the allowed
keys and values are described below.
The following options take a version number as value.
since
Causes changelog information from all versions strictly later than
version to be used.
until
Causes changelog information from all versions strictly earlier
than version to be used.
from
Similar to "since" but also includes the information for the
specified version itself.
to Similar to "until" but also includes the information for the
specified version itself.
The following options don't take version numbers as values:
all If set to a true value, all entries of the changelog are returned,
this overrides all other options.
count
Expects a signed integer as value. Returns "value" entries from the
top of the changelog if set to a positive integer, and "abs(value)"
entries from the tail if set to a negative integer.
offset
Expects a signed integer as value. Changes the starting point for
"count", either counted from the top (positive integer) or from the
tail (negative integer). "offset" has no effect if "count" wasn't
given as well.
Some examples for the above options. Imagine an example changelog with
entries for the versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 3.1.
Range Included entries
C<{ since =E<gt> '2.0' }> 3.1, 3.0, 2.2
C<{ until =E<gt> '2.0' }> 1.3, 1.2
C<{ from =E<gt> '2.0' }> 3.1, 3.0, 2.2, 2.1, 2.0
C<{ to =E<gt> '2.0' }> 2.0, 1.3, 1.2
C<{ count =E<gt> 2 }> 3.1, 3.0
C<{ count =E<gt> -2 }> 1.3, 1.2
C<{ count =E<gt> 3, offset=E<gt> 2 }> 2.2, 2.1, 2.0
C<{ count =E<gt> 2, offset=E<gt> -3 }> 2.0, 1.3
C<{ count =E<gt> -2, offset=E<gt> 3 }> 3.0, 2.2
C<{ count =E<gt> -2, offset=E<gt> -3 }> 2.2, 2.1
Any combination of one option of "since" and "from" and one of "until"
and "to" returns the intersection of the two results with only one of
the options specified.
AUTHOR
Frank Lichtenheld, <frank@lichtenheld.de> Raphal Hertzog,
<hertzog@debian.org>