[Reportbug-maint] Bug#644194: reportbug: Reports source bugs against binaries

[Sandro Tosi]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 21:48, Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Severity: normal
>
> If you use reportbug to report a bug against a source package P,
> it uses a "Package: P" header, although it should use either
> "Source: P" or "Package: src:P".
>
> #debian-devel at 21:34 UTC+0200 today:
>
> <Q_> dondelelcaro: Do you know of any problems with filing a bug against "Package: sourcepackage"?
> <Q_> Or other reasons why bugs sometimes don
> <Q_> 't show up
> <dondelelcaro> Q_: that actually files a bug against the binary package sourcepackage
> <dondelelcaro> Q_: you want Source: sourcepackage or Package: src:sourcepackage
> <jcristau> if there's no binary package sourcepackage then aren't those the same?
> <juliank> dondelelcaro: Someone should probably fix reportbug then, as that does that.

Is this happening with the latest version in unstable? or provide a
real-world example.

Regards,
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