Control: merge -1 849081 On Tue, 2017-01-03 at 01:31:52 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Tue, 2017-01-03 at 00:09:37 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Package: dpkg-dev > > Version: 1.18.15 > > > If one runs dpkg-buildpackage with an unfinalised changelog entry, it > > sets SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to the empty string. Then, dpkg-deb can fail. > > Yes, and probably other stuff too. > > > I think setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to the empty string is always > > wrong, so I think the bug is in dpkg-buildpackage, not dpkg-deb. > > Indeed, and that's how I had already locally fixed your other report > (#849081), by always setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH in dpkg-buildpackage, > dpkg-source and Dpkg::Source::Archive. :) > > I think I'll just merge these bug reports, as they are about the same > underlying issue.
Doing so now. Thanks, Guillem
