On 13-May-2008, Ben Finney wrote: > Ideally, I'd appreciate steps to simply and reliably go from "no > cruft in /tmp" to "reportbug finished normally but its cruft remains > in /tmp". e.g.:
The following steps reproduce the bug for me. ===== $ reportbug python-apt Warning: no reportbug configuration found. Proceeding in novice mode. Detected character set: UTF-8 Please change your locale if this is incorrect. Using 'Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' as your from address. Getting status for python-apt... Verifying package integrity... Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org... Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). Querying Debian BTS for reports on python-apt (source)... 33 bug reports found: [...] (1-33/33) Is the bug you found listed above [y|N|m|r|q|s|f|?]? Maintainer for python-apt is 'APT Development Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'. Looking up dependencies of python-apt... Please briefly describe your problem (you can elaborate in a moment; an empty response will stop reportbug). This should be a concise summary of what is wrong with the package, for example, "fails to send email" or "does not start with -q option specified." > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Rewriting subject to 'python-apt: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet' How would you rate the severity of this problem or report? [...] Please select a severity level: [normal] Spawning vim... [...] "/tmp/reportbug-python-apt-20080513-8276-x1xV5s" 26L, 854C written Report will be sent to "Debian Bug Tracking System" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Submit this report on python-apt (e to edit) [Y|n|a|c|e|i|l|m|p|q|?]? Sending message via /usr/sbin/sendmail... Bug report submitted to: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies sent to: "Ben Finney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you want to provide additional information, please wait to receive the bug tracking number via email; you may then send any extra information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]), where n is the bug number. Normally you will receive an acknowledgement via email including the bug report number within an hour. $ less /tmp/reportbug-python-apt-20080513-8276-x1xV5s Subject: python-apt: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Package: python-apt Version: 0.7.5 Severity: normal Morbi eu justo at turpis cursus pharetra. Curabitur ultricies. Aenean tincidunt tempus tellus. Nunc pulvinar magna tristique felis. Pellentesque odio. Proin placerat, lectus ut tincidunt tincidunt, velit metus sodales magna, at elementum purus purus in est. ===== -- \ “A hundred times every day I remind myself that [...] I must | `\ exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have | _o__) received and am still receiving” —Albert Einstein | Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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