Comment 5 for bug 599129

This bug was fixed in the package etckeeper - 0.47ubuntu1

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etckeeper (0.47ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable (LP: #599129). Remaining changes:
    - etckeeper.conf, debian/control: default to bzr.
  * etckeeper.spec: Change version to match Ubuntu version

etckeeper (0.47) unstable; urgency=low

  * Set HOME=~root so that VCS like bzr do not drop root-owned files in
    user home directory when sudo etckeeper is run. Closes: #583581
  * hg: Set HGUSER (if not already set) to avoid warning message when
    committing. Closes: #533298
  * Both git and bzr default to showing the author of a commit,
    and not the committer. So, set the author to the user running sudo
    for both. The committer will then be root.
 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:15:50 -0400