[Reportbug-maint] Bug#684227: reportbug: --source command-line option does not work

[Ian Bruce]

Package: reportbug
Version: 6.4.2
Severity: normal

The reportbug manual page documents this option:

    --src, --source
        Specify to report the bug against the source package,
        and not the binary package (default behaviour).

This does not work:

    $ reportbug --source debian-installer
    No package specified or we were unable to find it in the apt cache; stopping.

What does appear to work is this:

    reportbug src:<package-name>

However, this possibility is not mentioned in the manual page.

The actual behaviour of the program and its documentation ought to be brought
into agreement with each other, one way or another.


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

** /home/ian/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.4"
mode standard
ui text
realname "Ian Bruce"
email "ian_bruce at fastmail.net"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               0.9.7.2
ii  python            2.7.3~rc2-1
ii  python-reportbug  6.4.2

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
ii  claws-mail                                 3.8.1-1
pn  debconf-utils                              <none>
ii  debsums                                    2.0.51
pn  dlocate                                    <none>
pn  emacs22-bin-common | emacs23-bin-common    <none>
ii  exim4                                      4.80-4
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent]  4.80-4
ii  file                                       5.11-2
ii  gnupg                                      1.4.12-4+b1
ii  python-gtk2                                2.24.0-3
ii  python-gtkspell                            2.25.3-11
pn  python-urwid                               <none>
ii  python-vte                                 1:0.28.2-4
ii  xdg-utils                                  1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6

Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               0.9.7.2
ii  python            2.7.3~rc2-1
ii  python-debian     0.1.21
ii  python-debianbts  1.11
ii  python-support    1.0.14

python-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information