Package: reportbug Version: 3.45 Severity: minor Hi,
Reportbug sometimes looks up the wrong maintainer for packages that have been removed from the system. The output from "dpkg --print-avail" can be wrong if the package is no longer installed. Reportbug should not use this information for these packages. For example on my system I get this: % dpkg --print-avail nntp Package: nntp Priority: extra Section: news Installed-Size: 244 Maintainer: Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.5.12.1-8 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), cnews Conflicts: inn Filename: dists/potato/main/binary-i386/news/nntp_1.5.12.1-8.deb Size: 69226 MD5sum: a8c09d9a778c50ebd9cdbf8b6f741c23 Description: A NNTP server for use with C News. Note that the output still refers to potato, and the maintainer information is wrong since 2003. Regards, Ansgar -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.7.14+b1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii python 2.5.2-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility for Pyt reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: ii debconf-utils 1.5.22 debconf utilities pn debsums <none> (no description available) pn dlocate <none> (no description available) ii file 4.26-1 Determines file type using "magic" ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.5.5-1.1 High-performance mail transport ag pn python-urwid <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]