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

[Mattia Rizzolo]

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On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 04:28:18PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> >   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…

umh..
I'd call all of them a bug.
Digging on src:devscripts open bugs I found only
https://bugs.debian.org/538142 ([nmudiff] Does not respect DEBEMAIL),
but I don't really follow that little bug thread.

Maybe file bugs for those scripts/programs not respecting the docs?

> >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.

Good, thanks.
Please, can you close this bug if that option is enough for you?

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