diff --git a/Utility/UserInfo.hs b/Utility/UserInfo.hs
--- a/Utility/UserInfo.hs
+++ b/Utility/UserInfo.hs
@@ -40,16 +40,20 @@
 	env = ["USERNAME", "USER", "LOGNAME"]
 #endif
 
-myUserGecos :: IO String
-#ifdef __ANDROID__
-myUserGecos = return "" -- userGecos crashes on Android
+myUserGecos :: IO (Maybe String)
+-- userGecos crashes on Android and is not available on Windows.
+#if defined(__ANDROID__) || defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
+myUserGecos = return Nothing
 #else
-myUserGecos = myVal [] userGecos
+myUserGecos = Just <$> myVal [] userGecos
 #endif
 
 myVal :: [String] -> (UserEntry -> String) -> IO String
-myVal envvars extract = maybe (extract <$> getpwent) return =<< check envvars
+myVal envvars extract = go envvars
   where
-	check [] = return Nothing
-	check (v:vs) = maybe (check vs) (return . Just) =<< getEnv v
-	getpwent = getUserEntryForID =<< getEffectiveUserID
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+	go [] = extract <$> (getUserEntryForID =<< getEffectiveUserID)
+#else
+	go [] = error $ "environment not set: " ++ show envvars
+#endif
+	go (v:vs) = maybe (go vs) return =<< getEnv v
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+github-backup (1.20141110) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Orphaned the Debian package.
+    (I continue to maintain github-backup upstream.)
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:19:59 -0400
+
 github-backup (1.20141031) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Adjust cabal file for network-uri split.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	libghc-transformers-dev,
 	libghc-unix-compat-dev,
 	libghc-optparse-applicative-dev
-Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
+Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/joeyh/github-backup.git
 Homepage: http://github.com/joeyh/github-backup
diff --git a/github-backup.cabal b/github-backup.cabal
--- a/github-backup.cabal
+++ b/github-backup.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: github-backup
-Version: 1.20141031
+Version: 1.20141110
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.8
 License: GPL
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>