Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.16.0.3
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/dpkg-source

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Hi,

According to Peter Eisentraut[1], dpkg-source uses an uninitialized value
if debian/control is empty.  I admit that this is an extreme corner case,
but I still feel that the use of uninitialized values should be avoided.

~Niels

[1] 
http://petereisentraut.blogspot.com/2011/06/bootstrapping-debian-packages.html


- -- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii  base-files            6.3                Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  binutils              2.21.52.20110606-2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  bzip2                 1.0.5-6            high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libdpkg-perl          1.16.0.3           Dpkg perl modules
ii  make                  3.81-8.1           An utility for Directing compilati
ii  patch                 2.6.1-2            Apply a diff file to an original
ii  xz-utils              5.0.0-2            XZ-format compression utilities

Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii  build-essential               11.5       Informational list of build-essent
ii  fakeroot                      1.16-1     tool for simulating superuser priv
ii  gcc [c-compiler]              4:4.6.0-5  The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.5 [c-compiler]          4.5.3-3    The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-4.6 [c-compiler]          4.6.0-10   The GNU C compiler
ii  gnupg                         1.4.11-3   GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  gpgv                          1.4.11-3   GNU privacy guard - signature veri
pn  libalgorithm-merge-perl       <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests:
ii  debian-keyring                2011.03.03 GnuPG keys of Debian Developers

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