>       DEBEMAIL=Maintainer Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>             If this was specified, dpkg-buildpackage command will be  
> passed
>             with   the   necessary   sponsorship  option  -mMaintainer  
> Name
>             <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on building. Overwridden  with  --debemail  
> com-
>             mand-line option.
> 
> What should this be for? If I sponsor someone, I would not set myself 
> as Maintainer. I just check the package submitted, build it with 
> pbuilder and debsign it.

This is the sponsorship option.

I'm not quite sure if it was -k or -m that was currently recommended
for uploading.

> According to the following, pbuilder also looks within the user 
> enviroment variables for DEBEMAIL, which could really mess it up 
> (however I never noticed such a behaviour):

That is due to the fact that the default pbuilder config sets a 
default value of '' to DEBEMAIL.


I do notice that the manual page entry is confusing.
I have updated it in CVS.

regards,
        junichi


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