git-dch crashed with dpkg-parsechangelog in parse_changelog(): fallo: analizador del registro de cambios /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian devolvió un estado de salida de error 255

[Braiam Peguero]

The debian/changelog doesn't exist at the moment of the crash, but it could be handled in a better way.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: git-buildpackage 0.5.19ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 453209310f36aec088f7597a7838878c
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Sun Aug 28 07:53:43 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/git-dch
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -u /usr/bin/git-dch -a
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LC_MESSAGES=es_ES.UTF-8
 LANG=es_DO.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=es:en
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/git-dch', '-a']
SourcePackage: git-buildpackage
Title: git-dch crashed with dpkg-parsechangelog in parse_changelog(): fallo: analizador del registro de cambios /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian devolvió un estado de salida de error 255
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-01 (87 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

I tried and failed to reproduce this in lucid with a self-compiled 0.5.4 package and the provided information.

$ git dch
Changelog debian/changelog not found

Please give more detailed steps how to reproduce this issue. Please preceed your commands with "LANG=C LC_ALL=C" for output in English.

[Andrey Bondarenko (abone)]

Package version 0.6.22 (Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid) shows meaningful error message. Suppose bug was fixed long ago.