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Bug#563585: Use of uninitialized value $next in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/changelog-file line 179, <IN> line 6.



Hi Russ

On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 02:34:26PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Salvatore Bonaccorso <salvatore.bonaccorso@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Checking a package (in my case dh-make-perl and libmodule-build-perl)
> > I get a warning from lintian:
> 
> > Use of uninitialized value $next in pattern match (m//) at
> > /usr/share/lintian/checks/changelog-file line 179, <IN> line 6.
> 
> > It is related to the NEWS file only having one entry, and thus $next
> > uninitialized?
> 
> It's exactly the problem that the tag is trying to diagnose (there isn't a
> blank line after the entry), but I didn't write the test properly.
> Thanks!  Will be fixed in the next release.

Many thanks for your really fast reply :) and thanks for fixing it
already in lintian's svn repository.

Bests
Salvatore

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