---
name: "Dpkg::Changelog::Debian"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "dpkg"
version: "1.23.11-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Dpkg::Changelog::Debian/3perl"
---

# Dpkg::Changelog::Debian(3perl)

parse Debian changelogs

## NAME

Dpkg::Changelog::Debian - parse Debian changelogs

## DESCRIPTION

This class represents a Debian changelog file as an array of changelog entries (Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian). It implements the generic interface Dpkg::Changelog. Only methods specific to this implementation are described below, the rest are inherited.

Dpkg::Changelog::Debian parses Debian changelogs as described in [**deb-changelog**(5)](/deb-changelog/5.md).

The parser tries to ignore most cruft like # or /\* \*/ style comments, RCS keywords, Vim modelines, Emacs local variables and stuff from older changelogs with other formats at the end of the file. NOTE: most of these are ignored silently currently, there is no parser error issued for them. This should become configurable in the future.

## METHODS

- $count = $chlog-\>parse($fh, $description)

  Read the filehandle and parse a Debian changelog in it, to store the entries as an array of Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian objects. Any previous entries in the object are reset before parsing new data.

  Returns the number of changelog entries that have been parsed with success.

## CHANGES

### Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)

Mark the module as public.

## SEE ALSO

Dpkg::Changelog.