Package: reportbug Version: 7.1.7 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I wanted to report a kernel bug, and tried to specify "linux" as a package (I since figured out that I need to run `reportbug kernel` instead). This causes an endless loop: host ~ # reportbug -u text linux Running 'reportbug' as root is probably insecure! Continue [y|N|q|?]? y *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter). Detected character set: us-ascii Please change your locale if this is incorrect. Using 'root <root@host>' as your from address. Getting status for linux... E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found E: No packages found ^C reportbug: exiting due to user interrupt. This issue is reproducible both on jessie and stretch, though only the stretch reportbug will print the "E: No packages found" message. -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: EDITOR="vim" VISUAL="vim" DEBEMAIL="Martin von Wittich <martin.von.witt...@iserv.eu>" INTERFACE="urwid" ** /var/lib/iserv/remote-support/iserv-martin.von.wittich/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "7.1.7" mode standard ui urwid no-check-uid -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 1.4.7 ii python3 3.5.3-1 ii python3-reportbug 7.1.7 reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: pn claws-mail <none> pn debconf-utils <none> ii debsums 2.2.2 pn dlocate <none> ii emacs24-bin-common 24.5+1-11+deb9u1 ii exim4 4.89-2+deb9u1 ii exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-transport-agent] 4.89-2+deb9u1 ii file 1:5.30-1+deb9u1 pn gir1.2-gtk-3.0 <none> pn gir1.2-vte-2.91 <none> ii gnupg 2.1.18-6 pn python3-gi <none> pn python3-gi-cairo <none> pn python3-gtkspellcheck <none> ii python3-urwid 1.3.1-2+b1 ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1 Versions of packages python3-reportbug depends on: ii apt 1.4.7 ii file 1:5.30-1+deb9u1 ii python3 3.5.3-1 ii python3-debian 0.1.30 ii python3-debianbts 2.6.1 ii python3-requests 2.12.4-1 python3-reportbug suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/reportbug.conf changed: submit query-bts cc config-files compress ui urwid verify -- no debconf information
