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-rw-r--r--scripts/Dpkg/Control/HashCore.pm4
-rw-r--r--scripts/Dpkg/Control/Info.pm4
-rw-r--r--scripts/Dpkg/Control/Tests/Entry.pm5
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/HashCore.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/HashCore.pm
index 06006981f..46e3dfddd 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/HashCore.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/HashCore.pm
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ sub parse_error {
Parse a control file from the given filehandle. Exits in case of errors.
$description is used to describe the filehandle, ideally it's a filename
or a description of where the data comes from. It's used in error
-messages. Returns true if some fields have been parsed.
+messages. When called multiple times, the parsed fields are accumulated.
+
+Returns true if some fields have been parsed.
=cut
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Info.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Info.pm
index 5961c9915..a5eae8732 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Info.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Info.pm
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ loads from the standard input.
Parse a control file from the given filehandle. Exits in case of errors.
$description is used to describe the filehandle, ideally it's a filename
-or a description of where the data comes from. It's used in error
-messages.
+or a description of where the data comes from. It is used in error messages.
+The data in the object is reset before parsing new control files.
=cut
diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Tests/Entry.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Tests/Entry.pm
index 392493c2a..92eea49f4 100644
--- a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Tests/Entry.pm
+++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/Tests/Entry.pm
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ sub new {
=item $entry->parse($fh, $desc)
-Parse a control test entry from a filehandle.
+Parse a control test entry from a filehandle. When called multiple times,
+the parsed fields are accumulated.
+
+Returns true if parsing was a success.
=cut