[Reportbug-maint] Bug#497641: reportbug freezes when attempting to list bugs against certain packages

[Mark Hobley]

Package: reportbug
Version: 3.45
Severity: important


The reportbug tool in Debian Lenny is hanging the terminal when it 
attempts to list bugs against certain packages, as follows:

 reportbug 
*** Warning: unsupported locale setting
Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a problem, 
or type
'other' to report a more general problem.
> oroborus
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
Detected character set: us-ascii
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Mark Hobley <markhobley at yahoo.co.uk>' as your from address.
Getting status for oroborus...
Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org...
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Querying Debian BTS for reports on oroborus (source)...
3 bug reports found:

Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Unclassified (1 bug)
  1) #463631 [n||] [oroborus] oroborus: Unmapped windows don't get 
MapNotify ev

Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; Will Not Fix (1 bug)
  2) #218218 [n|â

                 ^
                 |
                 -- It has now frozen.

The tail end of a system trace relating to this reveals:

write(2, "  1) #463631 [n||] [oroborus] oro"..., 80) = 80
write(2, "\n"..., 1)                    = 1
write(2, "Outstanding bugs -- Normal bugs; "..., 54) = 54
write(2, "  2) #218218 [n|\342\230\271|] [oroborus] "..., 80) = 80
write(2, "\n"..., 1)                    = 1
write(2, "Outstanding bugs -- Minor bugs; U"..., 53) = 53
write(2, "  3) #179189 [m|R|] [oroborus] cu"..., 80) = 80
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT], [], 8) = 0
ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=24, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=484, 
ws_ypixel=316}) = 0
ioctl(0, TIOCSWINSZ, {ws_row=24, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=484, 
ws_ypixel=316}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_STOP or TCSETSW, {B38400 opost isig -icanon -echo 
....}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig -icanon -echo 
....}) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {0xb7aa3c40, [], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
write(1, "(1-3/3) Is the bug you found list"..., 61) = 61
select(1, [0], NULL, NULL, NULL

Regards,

Mark.

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/mark/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.31"
mode standard
ui text
email "markhobley at yahoo.co.uk"
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: markhobley at yahoo.co.uk"
smtphost bugs.debian.org

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968)
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                 1.5.23     debconf utilities
pn  debsums                       <none>     (no description available)
pn  dlocate                       <none>     (no description available)
ii  file                          4.25-1     Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                         1.4.9-3    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  nbsmtp [mail-transport-agent] 1.00-4     Simple MTA to send your mails to a
pn  python-urwid                  <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LANG = "en_GB.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory