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@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ use Dpkg::Control::Changelog;
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=item $fields = changelog_parse(%opt)
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-This function will parse a changelog. In list context, it return as many
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-Dpkg::Control object as the parser did output. In scalar context, it will
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-return only the first one. If the parser didn't return any data, it will
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-return an empty in list context or undef on scalar context. If the parser
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-failed, it will die.
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+This function will parse a changelog. In list context, it returns as many
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+Dpkg::Control objects as the parser did output. In scalar context, it will
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+return only the first one. If the parser did not return any data, it will
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+return an empty list in list context or undef on scalar context. If the
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+parser failed, it will die.
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The parsing itself is done by an external program (searched in the
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following list of directories: $opt{libdir},
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-F</usr/local/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog>, F</usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog>) That
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-program is named according to the format that it's able to parse. By
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-default it's either "debian" or the format name lookep up in the 40 last
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+F</usr/local/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog>, F</usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog>).
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+That program is named according to the format that it is able to parse. By
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+default it is either "debian" or the format name looked up in the 40 last
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lines of the changelog itself (extracted with this perl regular expression
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"\schangelog-format:\s+([0-9a-z]+)\W"). But it can be overridden
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with $opt{changelogformat}. The program expects the content of the
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@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ The changelog file that is parsed is F<debian/changelog> by default but it
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can be overridden with $opt{file}.
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All the other keys in %opt are forwarded as parameter to the external
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-parser. If the key starts with "-", it's passed as is. If not, it's passed
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+parser. If the key starts with "-", it is passed as is. If not, it is passed
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as "--<key>". If the value of the corresponding hash entry is defined, then
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-it's passed as the parameter that follows.
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+it is passed as the parameter that follows.
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=cut
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