Bug#719607: [dch]: Ignored DEBFULLNAME, NAME, DEBEMAIL, EMAIL when -m is used

[Adam D. Barratt]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

On 2013-08-13 14:44, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Calling
>
> DEBFULLNAME=foo dch -i
>
> uses "foo" as name in the changelog entry. BUT
>
> DEBFULLNAME=foo dch -i -m bla
>
> uses the current user name.

It doesn't use the current user name, it uses whatever was already in 
the changelog.

 From dch(1):

        --maintmaint, -m
               Do not modify the maintainer details previously  listed  
in  the
               changelog.   This is useful particularly for sponsors 
wanting to
               automatically add a sponsorship message without  
disrupting  the
               other  changelog details.  Note that there may be some 
interest-
               ing interactions if multi-maintainer mode is in  use;  
you  will
               probably  wish  to check the changelog manually before 
uploading
               it in such cases.

So far as I can see, this matches documented behaviour. Were you 
perhaps expecting dch to use -m as "message", similar to e.g. svn / git 
commit?

Regards,

Adam