Well, you could try --mode=standard to bypass the prompt in the
meantime until I upload a fix.


Chris

On 5/18/05, Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 3.12
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This refers to http://bugs.debian.org/309598
> 
> If reportbug is started without an ~/.reportbugrc file, an interactive
> prompt may appear concerning vi:
> 
>  You appear to be using the "vi" editor, which is not suited for new users. 
> You
>  probably want to change this setting by using "update-alternatives --config
>  editor" as root. Do you want to continue? [y|N|q|?]?
> 
> This occurs even when the command line option --template is used, which
> should be completely non-interactive.  Unfortunately, the current
> behaviour breaks debian-el's `M-x debian-bug' Emacs command which calls
> reportbug like so:
> 
> $ reportbug --template -T none -s none -S normal -b --list-cc=none -q 
> reportbug
> 
> Can the interactiveness be avoided when the --template switch is used?
> 
> The bug severity reflects the impact on another package rather than on
> reportbug itself, so I'm not too sure about it.  But it doesn't matter
> because you'll fix this shortly anyway, right?  ;-)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Peter
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** Environment settings:
> EMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> DEBFULLNAME="Peter S Galbraith"
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 3.1
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-k7
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
> ii  python2.3                     2.3.3-1    An interactive high-level 
> object-o
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
> 
> 


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