diff -Nru ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.1/debian/changelog ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.2/debian/changelog
--- ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.1/debian/changelog	2011-10-17 16:37:25.000000000 +0200
+++ ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.2/debian/changelog	2011-10-23 21:07:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ubuntu-dev-tools (0.132ubuntu0.2) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * syncpackage: Gracefully deal with no available changelog from Debian (PTS
+    changelogs aren't available immediately) (LP: #880051)
+
+ -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:06:41 +0200
+
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.132ubuntu0.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * syncpackage, requestsync: Default to syncing from testing (LP: #876400)
diff -Nru ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.1/syncpackage ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.2/syncpackage
--- ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.1/syncpackage	2011-10-17 16:32:43.000000000 +0200
+++ ubuntu-dev-tools-0.132ubuntu0.2/syncpackage	2011-10-23 21:06:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -365,8 +365,9 @@
                       src_pkg.source, ubuntu_series, ubuntu_pocket,
                       src_pkg.version)
 
-    changes = get_debian_changelog(debian_spph, base_version).strip()
+    changes = get_debian_changelog(debian_spph, base_version)
     if changes:
+        changes = changes.strip()
         Logger.normal("New changes:\n%s", changes)
 
     if simulate:
@@ -446,8 +447,9 @@
     """Close the correct task on all bugs, with changes"""
     ubuntu = Launchpad.distributions['ubuntu']
     message = ("This bug was fixed in the package %s - %s"
-               "\n\n---------------\n%s" % (
-               package, version, changes))
+               % (package, version))
+    if changes:
+        message += "\n\n---------------\n" + changes
     for bug in bugs:
         bug = Launchpad.bugs[bug]
         if bug.duplicate_of is not None: