This may happen if a user presses "B" in aptitude and reportbug is not installed. Aptitude doesn't seem to have a dependency on reportbug. So it should probably "suggest" reportbug. Retitling the bug accordingly.
** Summary changed: - libc6-dbg relies on reportbug, does not depend on it + aptitude should suggest reportbug as some features use it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of TI OMAP Developers, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956107 Title: aptitude should suggest reportbug as some features use it Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Following terminal output captured while installing libc6-dbg (and other packages) on a target with Ubuntu core filesystem. reportbug is not installed on the target aptitude sh: 1: reportbug: not found Reporting a bug in libc6-dbg: Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 60207 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.15-0ubuntu3 (using .../libc6-dev_2.15-0ubuntu5_armhf.deb) ... ... Setting up libc6-dbg (2.15-0ubuntu5) ... Press return to continue. I suspect the 'sh: 1:' line denotes an error in a script, which relies on reportbug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libc6-dbg 2.15-0ubuntu5 Uname: Linux 3.3.0-rc7 armv7l ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: armhf Date: Thu Mar 15 16:28:48 2012 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: eglibc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/956107/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~tiomap-dev Post to : tiomap-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~tiomap-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp