From 1ca19300b48a81c325905803948068d967e538db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Jan 06 2011 17:49:40 +0000
Subject: Squash an uninitialized value when creating a deb.


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diff --git a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
index 5d2c34d..3d52b83 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ sub postinst {
 	return $postinst unless ref $owninfo;
 
 	# If there is no postinst, let's make one up..
-	$postinst="#!/bin/sh\n" unless length $postinst;
+	$postinst="#!/bin/sh\n" unless defined $postinst && length $postinst;
 	
 	return $postinst unless %$owninfo;
 	
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c708e6f..07a940d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ alien (8.84) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Silence error message when deleting build tree after making an rpm,
     if rpmbuild has already deleted it.
+  * Squash an uninitialized value when creating a deb.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:47:10 -0400