[Reportbug-maint] Bug#764888: reportbug: does not honor `-u urwid` option
Andrew Kane
akane at freegeekseattle.org
Sat Oct 11 21:21:07 UTC 2014
Package: reportbug
Version: 6.5.1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
I wanted to report a bug in a different package.
I didn't want to use the text interface. After all, why am I running X, right? ;^)
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
First, I invoked `reportbug -u gtk2` but it failed as in #758619. (Marked as Resolved, but not fixed in Testing as of this writing.)
Then I invoked `reportbug -u urwid` which `man reportbug` reports as one of three valid options for th -u switch:
"-u INTERFACE, --interface=INTERFACE, --ui=INTERFACE
Specify the user interface to use.
Valid options are text, urwid, and gtk2; default is taken from the reportbug configuration files."
* What was the outcome of this action?
Reportbug starts in text mode with the following message:
"Ignored bogus setting for -u: urwid"
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Expected a curses-like interface. TBH I'm not sure what the `urwid` interface is supposed to look like, but I think this isn't it.
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"
** /home/andyman/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.4.3"
mode standard
ui text
realname "Andrew Kane"
email "akane at freegeekseattle.org"
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: akane at freegeekseattle.org"
smtphost reportbug.debian.org
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii apt 1.0.9.2
ii python 2.7.8-1
ii python-reportbug 6.5.1
pn python:any <none>
reportbug recommends no packages.
Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
ii claws-mail 3.10.1-4
ii debconf-utils 1.5.53
pn debsums <none>
pn dlocate <none>
pn emacs22-bin-common | emacs23-bin-common <none>
ii exim4 4.84-2
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent] 4.84-2
ii file 1:5.19-2
ii gnupg 1.4.18-4
ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-4
pn python-gtkspell <none>
pn python-urwid <none>
ii python-vte 1:0.28.2-5
ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.1
Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii apt 1.0.9.2
ii python-debian 0.1.23
ii python-debianbts 1.12
pn python:any <none>
python-reportbug suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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