Bug#801770: devscripts: rmadison does not run properly but instead has a mishmash of rubbish

[Adam D. Barratt]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible
Control: severity -1 important

On 2015-10-14 13:12, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Package: devscripts
> Version: 2.15.9
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

An issue with a single script in the package does not render the whole 
package unusable (even for an "important" script).

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> 
> This is on a fresh install of jessie yesterday, 64bit. I've tried 
> upgrading to
> the version of devscripts in testing, but it makes no difference, still 
> the
> same mishmash.
> 
> I was hoping to see the output showing what version of emacs24 in all 
> debian
> repos.

I'm unable to reproduce this:

adam at mowgli:~$ rmadison emacs24
debian:
  emacs24 | 24.4+1-4.1~bpo70+1 | wheezy-backports | source, amd64, i386, 
ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, s390x, 
sparc
  emacs24 | 24.4+1-4.1         | sid              | source, hurd-i386
  emacs24 | 24.4+1-5           | jessie-kfreebsd  | source, 
kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386
  emacs24 | 24.4+1-5           | jessie           | source, amd64, arm64, 
armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
  emacs24 | 24.5+1-2           | stretch          | source, amd64, arm64, 
armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
  emacs24 | 24.5+1-2           | sid              | source, amd64, arm64, 
armel, armhf, i386, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mips64el, 
mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x
new:
adam at mowgli:~$

(2.15.3, on jessie amd64)

Please provide the output of:

- grep -i rmadison /etc/devscripts.conf
- env | grep -i proxy
- which rmadison
- type rmadison

Regards,

Adam