[Reportbug-maint] Bug#789862: Bug#789862: Error: Message creation failed, not sending

[Sandro Tosi]

control: clone -1 -2
control: reassign -2 vsftpd
control: retitle -2 vsftpd: errors in the bug script

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Roger Lynn <roger at rilynn.me.uk> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 6.6.3
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just upgraded to Jessie and after editing a bug report for vsftpd 3.0.2-17 I got the following output:
>
> Report will be sent to "Debian Bug Tracking System" <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> Attachments:
>  conf-file attached
>  log-file attached
> Submit this report on vsftpd (e to edit) [Y|n|a|c|e|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]?
> Warning: opening 'conf-file attached' failed: No such file or directory.
> Warning: opening 'log-file attached' failed: No such file or directory.
> Error: Message creation failed, not sending
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2211, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1081, in main
>     return iface.user_interface()
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2203, in user_interface
>     self.options.envelopefrom)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/submit.py", line 316, in send_report
>     msgname = os.path.expanduser(outfile) or ('/var/tmp/%s.bug' % pacvsftpdkage)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 261, in expanduser
>     if not path.startswith('~'):
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
>
> My bug report appears to have been deleted from /tmp. My reportbug
> configuration has not changed since Wheezy.

vsftpd is using wrongly the bug-script attachment feature (cloning +
reassigning): please vsftpd maintainer have a look at "Add attachments
from the bugscript" section in
/usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers.gz

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