Bug#1126508: dpkg's email validation module does not check for "." in the domain

Holger Levsen <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:44:12 +0000

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On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 08:37:44AM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > > While trying to fix tests for lintian, I noticed that specifying the
> > > email as "username@localhost" in Uploaders field does not cause the
> > > build to choke.
[...] 
> I've been thinking about this, and ISTM that this has the potential
> for lots of local breakage, in test suites, CI runs or whatever. So
> I'm not comfortable adding a fatal check for this. I'm fine though
> with a warning, so I'll do that instead.

yes, I'd also expect this to be quite almost widespread (in private settings
obviously).


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cheers,
	Holger

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it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again.

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