linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] kbuild: deb-pkg: remove support for EMAIL environment variable

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAS1jz51ytG1fu3tvUp-iNYk8UzwE+q5ioS1TP0tM7Phkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 23:57:44 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@...aro.org>, 
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] kbuild: deb-pkg: remove support for EMAIL
 environment variable

(+CC more Debian developers)


On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 3:03 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Commit edec611db047 ("kbuild, deb-pkg: improve maintainer
> identification") added the EMAIL and NAME environment variables.
>
> Commit d5940c60e057 ("kbuild: deb-pkg improve maintainer address
> generation") removed support for NAME, but kept support for EMAIL.
>
> The EMAIL and NAME environment variables are still supported by some
> tools (see 'man debchange'), but not by all.
>
> We should support both of them, or neither of them. We should not stop
> halfway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
>  - New patch
>
>  scripts/package/mkdebian | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> index b9a5b789c655..589f92b88c42 100755
> --- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
> +++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ gen_source ()
>  rm -rf debian
>  mkdir debian
>
> -email=${DEBEMAIL-$EMAIL}
> +email=${DEBEMAIL}
>
>  # use email string directly if it contains <email>
>  if echo "${email}" | grep -q '<.*>'; then
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada