Lintian::Inspect::Changelog:Debian(PackagLintian::Inspect::Changelog::Entry(3)
NAME
Lintian::Inspect::Changelog::Entry - represents one entry in a Debian
changelog
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Methods
init
Creates a new object, no options.
new
Alias for init.
is_empty
Checks if the object is actually initialized with data. Due to
limitations in Parse::DebianChangelog this currently simply checks if
one of the fields Source, Version, Maintainer, Date, or Changes is
initialized.
Accessors
The following fields are available via accessor functions (all fields
are string values unless otherwise noted):
Source
Version
Distribution
Urgency
Urgency_Comment
"Urgency_LC"
"ExtraFields"
Extra_Fields (all fields except for urgency as hash; POD spelling
forces the underscore)
Header
Header (the whole header in verbatim form)
Changes
Changes (the actual content of the bug report, in verbatim form)
Trailer
Trailer (the whole trailer in verbatim form)
Closes
Closes (Array of bug numbers)
Maintainer
"MaintainerEmail"
Date
Timestamp
Timestamp (Date expressed in seconds since the epoch)
ERROR
Last parse error related to this entry in the format described at
Parse::DebianChangelog::get_parse_errors.
position
SEE ALSO
Originally based on Parse::DebianChangelog by Frank Lichtenheld,
<frank@lichtenheld.de>
AUTHOR
Written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian in
response to #933134.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Please see in the code; FSF's standard short text triggered a POD
spelling error here.
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