From d4dacf8eefac73527dc81b2b531f488d59c4dbee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: binLep <45154147+binLep@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:24:08 +0800
Subject: fix(deb): set the default maintainer when packaging deb files

#7618
---
 xmake/plugins/pack/deb/main.lua | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xmake/plugins/pack/deb/main.lua b/xmake/plugins/pack/deb/main.lua
index 711ee5d4a..501af8c57 100644
--- a/xmake/plugins/pack/deb/main.lua
+++ b/xmake/plugins/pack/deb/main.lua
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ function _get_specvars(package)
     end
     specvars.PACKAGE_DATE = datestr or ""
     local author = package:get("author") or "unknown <unknown@unknown.com>"
+    local maintainer = package:get("maintainer") or author
+    specvars.PACKAGE_MAINTAINER = maintainer
     specvars.PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT = os.date("%Y") .. " " .. author
     specvars.PACKAGE_INSTALLCMDS = function ()
         local prefixdir = package:get("prefixdir")
-- 
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