[Reportbug-maint] Bug#638575: Error from dpkg --compare-versions when reporting a bug

[Josh Triplett]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:24:33PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 23:05, Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> > Package: reportbug
> > Version: 6.1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > While attempting to report a bug:
> 
> Please report the *whole* output of reportbug (not just some part of it).

Full output follows, from the shell prompt to after the issue appears:

~$ reportbug qemu-kvm
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter).
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org>' as your from address.
Getting status for qemu-kvm...
Verifying package integrity...
Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org, incoming.debian.org and http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version>

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version>

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Querying Debian BTS for reports on qemu-kvm (source)...