--- /usr/bin/debmirror  2020-12-02 16:36:09.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr-new/bin/debmirror      2020-12-15 11:34:39.513573967 +0000
@@ -2159,10 +2159,11 @@

 sub name_release {
   my ($type, $tdir, $dist) = @_;
-  my ($buf, $codename, $suite);
+  my ($codename, $suite);
   my $origin = "unknown";

   if (-f "$tdir/Release") {
+    my $buf = "";
     if (open RELEASE, "<$tdir/Release") {
       while (<RELEASE>) {
         last if /^MD5Sum:/;