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-rw-r--r--scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry.pm24
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry.pm
index 4cd78a032..c67d456c9 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Entry.pm
@@ -273,6 +273,30 @@ sub get_timestamp {
return undef;
}
+=item my $str = $entry->get_dpkg_changes()
+
+Returns a string that is suitable for usage in a C<Changes> field
+in the output format of C<dpkg-parsechangelog>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_dpkg_changes {
+ my ($self) = @_;
+ my $header = $self->get_part("header") || "";
+ $header =~ s/\s+$//;
+ my $changes = "\n $header\n .\n";
+ foreach my $line (@{$self->get_part("changes")}) {
+ $line =~ s/\s+$//;
+ if ($line eq "") {
+ $changes .= " .\n";
+ } else {
+ $changes .= " $line\n";
+ }
+ }
+ chomp $changes;
+ return $changes;
+}
+
=back
=head1 AUTHOR