Bug#31508: parsechangelog broken?

[jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk (Julian Gilbey)]

> Package: dpkg-dev
> Version: 1.4.1
> Severity: important
> 
> Without the attached patch, I am unable to build packages with
> dpkg-buildpackage.
> 
>   Christian
> [...]

You've got a bug all right, but the problem was that you were using a
non-English locale and controllib.pl assumes that you will get English
error messages.  The following patch will fix the problem.

Wichert or someone else: could you please rebuild dpkg and upload it
with this patch?  It is a bit much for me to download for such a small
bug.

   Julian

--- controllib.pl.orig	Fri Jan 15 01:08:51 1999
+++ controllib.pl	Fri Jan 15 01:10:15 1999
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use POSIX qw(:errno_h);
 
 $parsechangelog= 'dpkg-parsechangelog';
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
                 $substvar{$1}= $';
             }
             close(SV);
-        } elsif ($! !~ m/no such file or directory/i) {
+        } elsif ($! != ENOENT) {
             &error("unable to open substvars file $varlistfile: $!");
         }
     }

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            Julian Gilbey             Email: J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
       Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College,
                  Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, ENGLAND
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