#1002576 dch doesn't read email settings from config file

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
Kurt Roeckx
Date:
2021-12-24 15:27:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1002576#5
Date:
2021-12-24 15:19:00 UTC
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Running dch will give me:
dch warning: neither DEBEMAIL nor EMAIL environment variable is set
dch warning: building email address from username and mailname
dch: Did you see those 2 warnings?  Press RETURN to continue...

The manual says I can put it in the ~/.devscripts file, but that
doesn't have any effect. strace says it's being read. Putting it
in an environment variable does make the warning go away.


Kurt