Control: tags -1 pending FYI a fix is applied[1] and will be shipped with the next release. Note that there are still some code that are retained for potential XEmacs compatibility, which will be tracked in Bug#1068370[2].
[1] https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/dpkg-dev-el/-/commit/132669ed6d6ee19a440234b943625da9cd6e2d9b [2] https://bugs.debian.org/1068370 -- Xiyue Deng
