[Reportbug-maint] Bug#604842: while using reportbug for linux-image, reportbug claims it is not installed

[fulvio ciriaco]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.6
Severity: minor

The following excerpt of conversation with reportbug should explain
the point
0% reportbug
Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a problem, or type 'other' to
report a more general problem.
> linux-image
linux-image package has been removed, use linux-2.6 instead (replaced here automatically).
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'fulvio ciriaco <oivulf at gmail.com>' as your from address.
Getting status for linux-2.6...
No matching source or binary packages.
A package named "linux-2.6" does not appear to be installed; do you want to search for a
similar-looking filename in an installed package [Y|n|q|?]? n

0% dpkg -l "linux-image*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name              Version           Description
+++-=================-=================-==================================================
un  linux-image       <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6   <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-4 <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-6 <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-6 <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-a <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-k <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-o <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-v <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-v <none>            (no description available)
un  linux-image-2.6-x <none>            (no description available)
ii  linux-image-2.6.3 2.6.32-27         Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs
ii  linux-image-686   2.6.32+28         Linux for modern PCs (meta-package)

Fulvio
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="emacs -nw -Q"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/fc/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "4.12.6"
mode standard
ui text
email "oivulf at gmail.com"
smtphost "smtp.gmail.com"
smtpuser "oivulf at gmail.com"
smtptls

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                     0.8.8            Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze1 interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-reportbug        4.12.6           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)
pn  dlocate              <none>              (no description available)
ii  emacs23-bin-common   23.2+1-5.1          The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  exim4-daemon-light [ 4.72-2              lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                 5.04-5              Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                1.4.10-4            GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  python-gtk2          2.17.0-4            Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-gtkspell      <none>              (no description available)
pn  python-urwid         <none>              (no description available)
pn  python-vte           <none>              (no description available)
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.2+cvs20100307-2 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information