binary-mangler chokes on non-Ubuntu email addresses that contain a reference (string-wise) to MOTU

Bug #91086 reported by Daniel T Chen
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pkgbinarymangler

Feisty's current vlc source package[0] FTBFS on all arches due to debian/control's Maintainer field being set to "MOTU Media Team <email address hidden>", which is not @ubuntu.com or @kubuntu.org.

[0] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/0.8.6.release-0ubuntu2

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in pkgbinarymangler:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
description: updated
Revision history for this message
William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

Line 64 of pkgmaintainermangler should probably be `exit 0' now. There's no reason to kill the build if the package has already had the Maintainer field replaced.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in pkgbinarymangler:
assignee: nobody → pitti
importance: Wishlist → High
status: Unconfirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

 pkgbinarymangler (38) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * pkgmaintainermangler: Never abort if Original-Maintainer is already
     present, even if Maintainer: does not have an Ubuntuish address.
     (LP: #91086)

Changed in pkgbinarymangler:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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