[Reportbug-maint] Bug#563804: reportbug takes to account updates that haven't yet filtered.

[Sandro Tosi]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 17:19, Sthu Deus <sthu.deus at yandex.ru> wrote:
> Thanks for Your answer, Sandro:
>
>>first of all, please always the bug in the loop, so others can see
>>what's happening.
>
> Now, is it OK?

yep

>>>>Could you please try with 6.2.2 with a similar case?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Same thing:
>>>
>>> Getting status for cups...
>>> Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org...
>>>
>>> Your version (1.5.0-8) of cups appears to be out of date.
>>> The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive:
>>>  unstable: 1.5.0-10
>>> Do you still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]?
>>> Newer released version; stopping.
>>>
>>> $ dpkg -l |grep reportb
>>> ii  reportbug 6.2.2
>>
>>Well, I'm not that sure the current behavior of reportbug is wrong:
>>you're using an outdated version, from an archive point of view, so
>>the suggestion is trying to install it, if possible, and verify if the
>>problem you're facing is still replicable or not.
>
> Seems it is not the case:
>
> $ apt-cache policy cups
> cups:
>  Installed: 1.5.0-8
>  Candidate: 1.5.0-8
>  Version table:
>     1.5.0-10 0
>        700 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
>  *** 1.5.0-8 0
>        990 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>     1.4.4-7 0
>        900 http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages
>
> ?
>

one thing is what apt can install, the other what reportbug is saying:
there's a new release of the package you're about to report a bug,
maybe your bug is fixed there?

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