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

[Julian Andres Klode]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:26:30PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> 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.

See Bug #644163, reported with reportbug 6.2.1. I noticed it then, and after
that topic came up on IRC as well, decided to report a bug. I dropped the
version field as that probably applies to every version, and definitely
not only the newest one.


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