From 052a604be7313b381c373db878e5409d9eeb38df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ssrlive <30760636+ssrlive@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:48:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix deb control file to always include a non-empty Maintainer
 field

---
 src/bundle/linux/deb_bundle.rs | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bundle/linux/deb_bundle.rs b/src/bundle/linux/deb_bundle.rs
index 637e30f..620b552 100644
--- a/src/bundle/linux/deb_bundle.rs
+++ b/src/bundle/linux/deb_bundle.rs
@@ -114,8 +114,13 @@ fn generate_control_file(
         "Installed-Size: {}",
         (total_dir_size(data_dir)?).div_ceil(1024)
     )?;
-    let authors = settings.authors_comma_separated().unwrap_or_default();
-    writeln!(&mut file, "Maintainer: {authors}")?;
+    // Debian packages require a non-empty Maintainer field; if no author is provided
+    // in Cargo.toml, fall back to a generic placeholder.
+    let maintainer = settings
+        .authors_comma_separated()
+        .filter(|a| !a.trim().is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "Unknown <unknown@localhost>".to_string());
+    writeln!(&mut file, "Maintainer: {maintainer}")?;
     if !settings.homepage_url().is_empty() {
         writeln!(&mut file, "Homepage: {}", settings.homepage_url())?;
     }