Debian Bug report logs - #21723
dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage and maintainers with names with non-ascii chars

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Package: dpkg-dev; Maintainer for dpkg-dev is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg-dev is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar>

Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 23:33:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 1.4.0.22

Done: Adam Heath <adam@doogie.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#21723; Package dpkg-dev. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Nicol�s Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage and maintainers with names with non-ascii chars
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:07:31 -0300 (ART)
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.4.0.22

 As pgp does not support non-ascii (7bit) chars in the keys' user id, I
can't use dpkg-buildpackage without this patch:

--- dpkg-buildpackage.distrib	Sun Apr  5 14:01:27 1998
+++ dpkg-buildpackage	Sun Apr 26 18:12:09 1998
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 mustsetvar version "`dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Version: //p'`" "source version"
 if [ -n "$maint" ]; then maintainer="$maint"; 
 else mustsetvar maintainer "`dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Maintainer: //p'`" "source version"; fi
+key=$(echo "$maintainer" | sed -e 'y/áéíóúñÁÉÍÓÚÑ/aeiou~AEIOU~/')
 test "${opt_a}" \
 	|| mustsetvar arch "`dpkg --print-architecture`" "build architecture"
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
 pva="${package}_${sversion}${arch:+_${arch}}"
 
 signfile () {
-	$pgpcommand -u "$maintainer" +clearsig=on -fast <"../$1" >"../$1.asc"
+	$pgpcommand -u "$key" +clearsig=on -fast <"../$1" >"../$1.asc"
 	echo
 	mv -- "../$1.asc" "../$1"
 }

 This patch maps non-ascii chars to an ascii equivalent.


-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (frozen)
Kernel Version: Linux newton 2.1.98 #1 dom abr 26 11:13:55 ART 1998 i486 unknown


Reply sent to Adam Heath <adam@doogie.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Nicol�s Lichtmaier <nick@feedback.net.ar>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 21723-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Heath <adam@doogie.org>
To: 21723-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: 21723: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage and maintainers with names with non-ascii chars
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 01:44:58 -0600 (CST)
This was fixed in 1.4.1.5, when a -k<keyid> was added to dpkg-buildpackage.

----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----
Version: 3.12
GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS--
PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z?
-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
----BEGIN PGP INFO----
Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>        Finger Print | KeyID
67 01 42 93 CA 37 FB 1E    63 C9 80 1D 08 CF 84 0A | DE656B05 PGP
AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA  3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG
-----END PGP INFO-----




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