[Reportbug-maint] Bug#431402: Patch for this bug

[chaica]

Thanks for the advice, I'll do that next time.

Carl Chenet

Le samedi 11 avril 2009 à 11:59 +0200, Sandro Tosi a écrit :
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:44, chaica <chaica at ohmytux.com> wrote:
> > tags 431402 patch
> 
> control line *must* be terminated with "thanks" (or other terminators)
> please consult the docs on bugs.debian.org .
> 
> send the patch from the *top level* reportbug dir:
> 
> $ head -n2 ../../tmp/reportbug2.diff
> --- reportbug.ori	2009-04-11 11:24:11.000000000 +0200
> +++ reportbug	2009-04-11 11:25:39.000000000 +0200
> 
> so that bin/reportbug would have appeared there.
> 
> Please name bugs with a sense: reportbug.diff tells me nothing, and
> saving on a temporary dir will confuse what's patch to apply.
> 
> you can use git and git-format-patch, that's the preferred way to send
> us patches.
> 
> > Indeed it seems weird to offer the possibility to choose a non-existant
> > package or uninstalled package for installed packages on your system.
> > Here is a patch to solve this issue.
> >
> > But I suspect the main issue could be triggered by the fact that dpkg -l
> > "ping" returns a line, maybe an old package which doesn't exist anymore,
> > I'm not sure. It could explain that reportbug doesn't ask to search ping
> > command inside existing packages, what it should do if no ping package
> > can be found.
> 
> I have already debugged this some time ago, if I only can find the
> notes :) I found the reason, and it was weird indeed.
> 
> Anyhow, thanks for your patches flow! it's really appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
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