#1126503 dpkg does not accept non-ascii chars in email address

Package:
dpkg
Source:
dpkg
Description:
Debian package management system
Submitter:
Nilesh Patra
Date:
2026-06-22 03:19:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1126503#5
Date:
2026-01-27 17:15:46 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Guillem,

Lintian’s test suite reflects this error:

| dpkg-source: warning: --auto-commit is not a valid option for Dpkg::Source::Package::V3::Native
| dpkg-source: error: cannot parse Maintainer field value "Colorful <"colorful"@43-1.org>”
| dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source -iNEVER_MATCH_ANYTHING -INEVER_MATCH_ANYTHING --auto-commit --before-build . subprocess failed with exit status 255
| make: *** [/tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.18_8mz9y/downtmp/autopkgtest_tmp/build-and-evaluate-test-packages/package-sources/checks/fields/terminal-control/colorful/Makefile:39: colorful_1.0_amd64.changes] Error 255

This is a fallout with #962277.

dpkg should allow domains with non-ascii chars. For now I’ll try to drop this test from lintian test suite.