Variable $buf not initialized on 2.27 version

[LAPSupportIT]

When using debmirror to create a Debian local repository, here's the error encountered :

Use of uninitialized value $buf in concatenation (.) or string at /home/svc_debmirror/bin/debmirror line 2163, <RELEASE> line 1.

Command line used to generate the mirror :

debmirror -a amd64 -d stable,stable-updates,buster,buster-updates --nosource -h ftp.tu-clausthal.de \
--method=http --rsync-extra=none --i18n --di-dist=buster \
--progress /var/lib/rmt/public/repo/debian

thank you.

[Valters Jansons (sigv)]

This was resolved in upstream commit b50e8880 (https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debmirror/-/commit/b50e8880a187ee5b9e1507201c0815dcd4baf63f) and released as part of version 1:2.28. This resolution is already available as part of the 1:2.33 merge included in Ubuntu Hirsute (21.04).

Considering this does not block execution and instead serves as a warning (as Perl simply assumes an empty/0-length initial string for the uninitialized value), this does not appear to directly warrant an SRU (no security vulnerability, no severe regression, no loss of user data, no changes in the environment).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "b50e8880.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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