[Reportbug-maint] Bug#531672: reportbug: hangs when called from debian-bug.el on xserver-xorg-video-intel package

[Marcus Better]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.4
Severity: important

Trying to report a bug with debian-bug from Emacs against the
xserver-xorg-video-intel package, the reportbug process hangs with
Emacs saying "Getting package information from reportbug...".

reportbug then hogs a lot of CPU but does not finish.

This happens consistently with the xserver-xorg-video-intel package,
but it works normally with other packages. Also when running reportbug
from the command line, I can report bugs against
xserver-xorg-video-intel too.

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="emacsclient --alternate-editor emacs"
DEBEMAIL="marcus at better.se"
EMAIL="marcus at bindows.net"
DEBFULLNAME="Marcus Better"

** /home/marcus/.reportbugrc:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.4-melech (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.21     Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.5.4-3    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-reportbug              4.4        Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  debconf-utils                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  debsums                       <none>     (no description available)
ii  dlocate                       0.96.1     fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp
ii  file                          5.03-1     Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                         1.4.9-4    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.5.5-1.1  High-performance mail transport ag
pn  python-gnome2-extras          <none>     (no description available)
ii  python-gtk2                   2.14.1-3   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-urwid                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)

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