Andreas Beckmann dixit: >something: --bin-nmu-maintainer "$DEBFULLNAME <$DEBEMAIL>" (using the
Do note that devscripts also supports (and, in some older versions, required, due to bugs) setting DEBEMAIL to the entire stuff. That means you likely need to do something like this: if [[ $DEBEMAIL = *' <'*'>' ]]; then binnmumntner=$DEBEMAIL elif [[ -z $DEBEMAIL ]]; then error 'DEBEMAIL not set' elif [[ -z $DEBFULLNAME ]]; then error 'DEBFULLNAME not set and DEBEMAIL does not contain it' else binnmumntner="$DEBFULLNAME <$DEBEMAIL>" fi bye, //mirabilos -- This space for rent.