---
name: "Dpkg::Changelog::Entry"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdpkg-perl"
version: "1.18.25"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Dpkg::Changelog::Entry"
---

# Dpkg::Changelog::Entry(3)

represents a changelog entry

## NAME

Dpkg::Changelog::Entry - represents a changelog entry

## DESCRIPTION

This object represents a changelog entry. It is composed of a set of lines with specific purpose: an 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"`.

## CHANGES

### Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.18.8)

New method: `$entry`-\>*get\_timepiece()*.

### Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)

Mark the module as public.