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

[Josh Triplett]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:04:43AM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 23:43, Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> > 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)...
> 
> Mh, from this I can guess reportbug went on with the report, only you
> got those spurious error messages - is that correct?

Correct.

- Josh Triplett