[Reportbug-maint] Bug#493362: closed by "Sandro Tosi" <matrixhasu at gmail.com> (Re: Bug#493362: running reportbug in a directory containing commands.py fails)

[Robert Collins]

reopen 493362
thanks

> #493362: running reportbug in a directory containing commands.py fails
> 
> It has been closed by "Sandro Tosi" <matrixhasu at gmail.com>.


> > We do NOT support ubuntu, please don't report bug here for that distro.

The bug is in Debian, I filed it in debbugs deliberately because thats
where the bug originates. Its the upstream of the source code. (Or would
you rather not know about defects in your code?)

> > Moreover, the version in debian works fine.
> > 
> > Sandro

When I got your email I was happy because I thought you had checked and
found I was wrong. But actually, when I followed up and double checked
my results, it turns out you are incorrect; the version in Debian
suffers the same flaw and the bug report is valid. Now I'm annoyed
because I have had to track and validate this problem three times
(Ubuntu, Debian, filed (from laptop which has Ubuntu), and back to
Debian again to ascertain that your claim that it works fine is false).
Please don't claim that things work fine when they do not.

$ reportbug wnpp
Warning: no reportbug configuration found.  Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: us-ascii
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'robertc <robertc at xxxx>' as your from address.
Getting status for wnpp...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1827, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 850, in main
    return iface.user_interface()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1090, in user_interface
    status = reportbug.get_package_status(package)
  File "/usr/share/reportbug/reportbuglib/reportbug.py", line 304, in
get_package_status
    packarg = commands.mkarg(package)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'mkarg'
$ echo $PYTHONPATH
:/home/foo
$ ls
commands.py

dpkg -l ->
ii  reportbug    3.44     reports bugs in the Debian distribution
$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid \n \l

Enjoy.
-Rob
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