[Reportbug-maint] Bug#618454: .."reportbug libgtk-3-bin" and "reportbug reportbug" fails, at random?

[Arnt Karlsen]

Package: reportbug
Version: 5.0
Severity: normal


...typical start-up failure:
arnt at celsius:~/github.com/flightgearthings$ unset http_proxy ; reportbug libgtk-3-bin
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter).
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Arnt Karlsen <arnt at c2i.net>' as your from address.
Getting status for libgtk-3-bin...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2127, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1052, in main
    return iface.user_interface()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1409, in user_interface
    packages = utils.packages_providing(package)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/reportbug/utils.py", line 608, in packages_providing
    aret = get_package_info([((package,), package)], skip_notfound=True)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/reportbug/utils.py", line 583, in get_package_info
    vers = versob.search(p).group('vers')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'


...but I got this output trying the same commands ("reportbug libgtk-3-bin" and 
"reportbug reportbug")  in a new xterm because I was reportbug'ing in the first
xterm.
arnt at celsius:~/github.com/flightgearthings$ unset http_proxy ; reportbug reportbug
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter).
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Arnt Karlsen <arnt at c2i.net>' as your from address.
Getting status for reportbug...
Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org...
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Querying Debian BTS for reports on reportbug (source)...
152 bug reports found:

Outstanding bugs -- Uncategorized; Important bugs (7 bugs)
    1) #564112  Checking status of source packages with many binaries can be slow
    2) #594177  Proxy error crashes 'reportbug', then 'reportbug' outputs a misleading error message.
    3) #601679  reportbug: should use rmadison.
    4) #612091  reportbug: fails to send email
    5) #612712  reportbug complains about unicode conversion error
    6) #615156  When select other in package name, reportbug configure the log like a bug in the reportbug program.
    7) #616455  AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Outstanding bugs -- Uncategorized; Normal bugs (33 bugs)             
....etc.

...

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

** /home/arnt/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.5"
mode standard
ui text
realname "Arnt Karlsen"
email "arnt at c2i.net"
smtphost "mail.c2i.net:587"
smtpuser arnt at c2i.net
smtppasswd <omitted>
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: arnt at c2i.net"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc8-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.8.12     Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.6.6-11   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-reportbug              5.0        Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  debconf-utils                <none>      (no description available)
pn  debsums                      <none>      (no description available)
ii  dlocate                      1.02        fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp
ii  emacs23-bin-common           23.2+1-7    The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  exim4                        4.75~rc3-1  metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tra 4.75~rc3-1  lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                         5.04-6      Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                        1.4.11-3    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  python-gtk2                  2.17.0-4    Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-gtkspell              2.25.3-7    Python bindings for the GtkSpell l
ii  python-urwid                 0.9.9.1-1   curses-based UI/widget library for
ii  python-vte                   1:0.27.5-1  Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  xdg-utils                    1.1.0~rc1-2 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information