Bug#1125985: dpkg-buildpackage rejects empty Uploaders

Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:05:01 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.dpkg.bugs
Message-ID <176887110117.243950.4788117487070316075.reportbug__35824.9364815251$1768871252$gmane$org@localhost>
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.23.4
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
Control: affects -1 src:atomicparsley

dpkg 1.23.3 -> 1.23.4 causes the following FTBFS:

https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=atomicparsley&arch=arm64&ver=20240608.083822.1ed9031-1%2Bb1&stamp=1768866216&raw=0

...
 dpkg-source --before-build .
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture arm64
dpkg-source: error: '' is not a valid email address list
dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source --before-build . subprocess failed with exit status 25


Relevant part of debian/control:
  Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]>
  Uploaders:


Policy 5.1. says:
  Empty field values are only permitted in source package template control files (debian/control). Such fields are ignored.