Bug#802451: pbuilder: no longer overwrites Changed-By line in .changes file

[Thorsten Glaser]

Mattia Rizzolo dixit:

>Is there a particular reason you can't add, i.e.,
>`${DEBEMAIL:+-e"$DEBEMAIL"}` (or directly your name/surname/mail) to
>your DEBBUILDOPTS pbuilderrc instead?  I have DEBEMAIL exported from my

Hmm, good idea.

>   devscript use DEBEMAIL for only the email, etc);

No. It’s documented to do that, but I found several things break
if DEBEMAIL and DEBFULLNAME are set, but setting DEBEMAIL to the
“realname <email>” format fixes those breakages and does not in‐
troduce any new bugs, so I use that…

>mind you, I'm ok at reintroducing it, but with a different variable
>name, like $changedby_email or something, but I believe the need can
>already be fulfilled by the available options.

Nah, setting/amending DEBBUILDOPTS will likely work, and I’ll try it.

>why is there nothing sombody can do that doen't upset somebody else :|

Yeah ☹ thanks for the fast reply though, much appreciated!

bye,
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