[Reportbug-maint] Bug#780825: reportbug follow-up on bug report exception

Fri Mar 20 03:20:42 UTC 2015

Package: reportbug
Version: 6.6.3
Severity: important

This seems to trigger when:
* YOu do not have a reportbugrc
* You follow-up on a bug, like: '-N 000000'
* Submit your follow-up with extra information

rrs at ril:~$ reportbug -N 719860
Warning: no reportbug configuration found.  Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs at debian.org>' as your from address.
Retrieving report #719860 from Debian bug tracking system...
What do you want to do now? [N|x|o|r|b|e|q|?]? ?
N - (default) Show next message (followup).
x - Provide extra information.
o - Show other bug reports (return to bug listing).
r - Redisplay this message.
b - Launch web browser to read full log.
e - Launch e-mail client to read full log.
q - I'm bored; quit please.
? - Display this help.
What do you want to do now? [N|x|o|r|b|e|q|?]? x
Getting status for powertop...
Checking for newer versions at madison...

Your version (2.6.1-1) of powertop appears to be out of date.
The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive:
  experimental: 2.7-1~exp1
Do you still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]? y
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Maintainer for powertop is 'Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar at debian.org>'.
Looking up dependencies of powertop...

Please provide a subject for your response.
[Re: powertop: wrong power report status]> 
Does this bug still exist in version 2.6.1-1 of this package? [y|N|q|?]? y
Spawning sensible-editor...
Error detected while processing /home/rrs/.vimrc:
line    1:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype indent on
line    2:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype plugin on
line    3:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on
Press ENTER or type command to continue
Report will be sent to "Debian Bug Tracking System" <719860 at bugs.debian.org>
Submit this report on powertop (e to edit) [Y|n|a|c|e|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? ?
Y - (default) Submit the bug report via email.
n - Don't submit the bug report; instead, save it in a temporary file (exits
    reportbug).
a - Attach a file.
c - Change editor and re-edit.
e - Re-edit the bug report.
i - Include a text file.
l - Pipe the message through the pager.
m - Choose a mailer to edit the report.
p - print message to stdout.
q - Save it in a temporary file and quit.
d - Detach an attachment file.
t - Add tags.
s - Add a X-Debbugs-CC recipient (a CC but after BTS processing).
? - Display this help.
Submit this report on powertop (e to edit) [Y|n|a|c|e|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? a
Choose a file to attach: /tmp/Screenshot from 2015-03-20 08:36:24.png
Report will be sent to "Debian Bug Tracking System" <719860 at bugs.debian.org>
Attachments:
 /tmp/Screenshot from 2015-03-20 08:36:24.png
Submit this report on powertop (e to edit) [Y|n|a|c|e|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? 
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' % package)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 261, in expanduser
    if not path.startswith('~'):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
DEBEMAIL="rrs at debian.org"
DEBFULLNAME="Ritesh Raj Sarraf"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/rrs/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.6.3"
mode advanced
ui text
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: rrs at debian.org"
smtphost reportbug.debian.org

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               1.0.9.7
ii  python            2.7.8-4
ii  python-reportbug  6.6.3
pn  python:any        <none>

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  claws-mail                               <none>
pn  debconf-utils                            <none>
pn  debsums                                  <none>
pn  dlocate                                  <none>
pn  emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common  <none>
ii  file                                     1:5.22+15-2
ii  gnupg                                    1.4.18-7
pn  postfix | exim4 | mail-transport-agent   <none>
ii  python-gtk2                              2.24.0-4
pn  python-gtkspell                          <none>
ii  python-urwid                             1.2.1-2+b1
pn  python-vte                               <none>
ii  xdg-utils                                1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4

Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               1.0.9.7
ii  python-debian     0.1.25
ii  python-debianbts  1.12
pn  python:any        <none>

python-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information