Bug#600854: dpgk-source tells you nonsense if format file is empty

Hi, On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Eduard Bloch wrote: Just create th debian/source/format file with an empty line, and you get: Actually an empty file and not an empty line. dpkg-source: error: invalid Format field `' Now this message is misleading, because there is NO format field (ask grep ;-)

Bug#600854: dpgk-source tells you nonsense if format file is empty

Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.8.5 Severity: minor File: /usr/bin/dpkg-source Just create th debian/source/format file with an empty line, and you get: dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64 dpkg-source --before-build apt-cacher-ng-0.5.7 Use of uninitialized value $build_format in scalar