[Reportbug-maint] Bug#345520: reportbug: should keep output of debconf-show
chaica
chaica at ohmytux.com
Thu Jun 11 20:30:23 UTC 2009
Hi
Thanks for the report,
I guess the problem is solved in the new reportbug release, e.g here for
reportbug package :
Subject: reportbug: test
Package: reportbug
Version: 4.4
Severity: normal
*** Please type your report below this line ***
test
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
DEBEMAIL="chaica at ohmytux.com"
DEBFULLNAME="Carl Chenet"
INTERFACE="text"
[snip]
Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn debconf-utils <none> (no description available)
ii debsums 2.0.44 verification of installed
package
pn dlocate <none> (no description available)
ii exim4 4.69-9 metapackage to ease Exim
MTA (v4)
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.69-9 lightweight Exim MTA (v4)
daemon
ii file 5.00-1 Determines file type using
"magic"
ii gnupg 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - a free
PGP rep
pn python-gnome2-extras <none> (no description available)
pn python-gtk2 <none> (no description available)
pn python-urwid <none> (no description available)
pn python-vte <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
This output was generated by reportbug running under a normal user.
Bye,
Carl Chenet
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 3.18
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> debconf had split up its config DBs and now have "passwords.dat"
> readable only for root. So when reportbug is run by ordinary user,
> debconf-show exits with non-zero status, and reportbug writes in
> report text that it has failed. While debconf-show just writes a
> warning, and then outputs all meaningful info it could read as current
> user. I think reportbug should always add stdout and stderr output of
> debconf-show to the report, and inform about numeric non-zero exit code,
> not just write "debconf-show failed".
>
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** /home/mwg/.reportbugrc:
> mode standard
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers breezy
> APT policy: (500, 'breezy'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.14
> Locale: LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=uk_UA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>
> Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
> ii python2.3 2.3.5-9 An interactive high-level object-o
>
> Versions of packages reportbug recommends:
> pn python2.3-cjkcodecs | python2 <none> (no description available)
>
> -- debconf-show failed
>
>
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