[Reportbug-maint] Bug#630586: reportbug says "Your version of iceweasel-dbg (3.5.19-2) is newer than that in Debian!" - Wrong!

[Vincent Lefevre]

Package: reportbug
Version: 5.1.1
Severity: normal

ypig:~> reportbug iceweasel-dbg
*** Welcome to reportbug.  Use ? for help at prompts. ***
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Using 'Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net>' as your from address.
Getting status for iceweasel-dbg...
Verifying package integrity...
Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org, incoming.debian.org and http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
Your version of iceweasel-dbg (3.5.19-2) is newer than that in Debian! Do you
still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]? 

But at packages.debian.org, more precisely

  http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=iceweasel-dbg&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

one gets:

Paquet iceweasel-dbg
    * lenny (oldstable) (devel): debugging symbols for iceweasel
      3.0.6-3: alpha amd64 arm armel hppa i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
    * lenny-backports (debug): debugging symbols for iceweasel
      3.5.16-7~bpo50+1 [backports]: alpha amd64 armel i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
    * squeeze (stable) (debug): debugging symbols for iceweasel
      3.5.16-7 [security]: amd64 armel i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips powerpc s390 sparc
      3.5.16-6 [security]: mipsel
    * wheezy (testing) (debug): debugging symbols for iceweasel
      3.5.19-2: amd64 armel i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
    * sid (unstable) (debug): debugging symbols for iceweasel
      3.5.19-2: amd64 armel hurd-i386 i386 ia64 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 mips mipsel powerpc powerpcspe s390 sh4 sparc
      3.5.18-1: alpha hppa
      2.0.0.12-1 [debports]: m68k
    * experimental (debug): debugging symbols for iceweasel
      4.0.1-2: amd64 armel i386 ia64 mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
      4.0-3: alpha kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386

In particular, 3.5.19-2 is in unstable. So, what reportbug is saying
is wrong.

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="eclient"
VISUAL="eclient"
DEBEMAIL="vincent at vinc17.net"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/vlefevre/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "2.10"
mode advanced
ui text
realname "Vincent Lefevre"
email "vincent at vinc17.net"
mua mutt
cc

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.8.14.1   Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.6.6-14   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-reportbug              5.1.1      Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  debconf-utils                <none>      (no description available)
ii  debsums                      2.0.48+nmu3 tool for verification of installed
ii  dlocate                      1.02        fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp
ii  emacs23-bin-common           23.3+1-1    The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  exim4                        4.76-2      metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tra 4.76-2      lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                         5.04-5+b1   Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                        1.4.11-3    GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  python-gtk2                  2.24.0-2    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                    1.1.0~rc1-2 desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information