Note that this bug, which was correctly rejected, is requesting support
in _dpkg_ itself, rather than in the dpkg-dev tools. The dpkg-dev tools
_should_ be changed to make them handle Original-Maintainer the same way
they currently do XSBC-Original-Maintainer; this is (or should be) part
of the ma
My apologies for the confusion. dpkg should not be changed, rather the
maintainer fields should be mangled as described in
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-
announce/2007-February/000249.html
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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dpkg doesn't suppo
I'm not sure whether it needs to be processed, or if it does how. The
Ubuntu buildds currently use pkgmaintainermangler to automatically set
the Maintainer and Original-Maintainer fields for binary packages, and
MOTU have been instructed to manually modify for source packages, but I
don't know how
The attached debdiff includes the necessary patch.
** Attachment added: "debdiff with patch"
http://librarian.launchpad.net/5703322/M78879.patch
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dpkg doesn't support the Original-Maintainer field
https://launchpad.net/bugs/78879
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