[Bug 1652945] Re: dpkg-parsechangelog intolerant of unfinalised changelogs

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This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.23ubuntu4

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dpkg (1.18.23ubuntu4) artful; urgency=medium

  * dpkg-genchanges: Add buildinfo files to changes now that LP is
fixed.

 -- Adam Conrad <adconrad at ubuntu.com>  Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:00:18 -0600

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  dpkg-parsechangelog intolerant of unfinalised changelogs

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Building some packages for yakkety and zesty fails with:

  Can't call method "epoch" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Dpkg/Changelog.pm line 498.
  dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-genchanges gave error exit status 25

  Due to this bug [1], some packages don't build on launchpad anymore.
  It has already been fixed upstream, so please sync to dpkg version >= 1.18.11

  [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843248

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