Package: devscripts Version: 2.9.8 Severity: normal Tags: patch If you have "Version:" anywhere in your changelog, such as:
* Remove Standards-Version:, not applicable to udebs. ... then 'debcommit --release' gets confused because it doesn't anchor its grep for "Version:". Patch follows. Index: debcommit.pl =================================================================== --- debcommit.pl (revision 265) +++ debcommit.pl (working copy) @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ } close C; - my $version=`dpkg-parsechangelog | grep Version: | cut -f 2 -d ' '`; + my $version=`dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Version: | cut -f 2 -d ' '`; chomp $version; $message="releasing version $version" if ! defined $message; Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]