[Reportbug-maint] Bug#803675: Bug#803675: reportbug: unable to report bug on kernel

[Sandro Tosi]

it's a limitation of the GTK interface, please use the text interface

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:43 PM, twied <twied at gmx.net> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 6.6.5
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> * What led up to the situation?
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
>
> I was trying to report a bug / regression on linux kernel 4.1 -> 4.2 using
> reportbug (gtk)
>
> $ reportbug linux-image-4.2.0-1-amd64
>
> * What was the outcome of this action?
>
> When I come to the sceen saying "gathering additional information (this may
> take a while)" the following output occurs on the terminal:
>> Include network configuration and status from this computer?
> And reportbug won't continue.
>
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
> Being able to continue :)
>
> - Tim
>
>
>
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** Environment settings:
> INTERFACE="gtk2"
>
> ** /home/user/.reportbugrc:
> reportbug_version "6.3.1"
> mode standard
> ui gtk2
> realname "twied"
> email "twied at gmx.net"
> no-cc
> header "X-Debbugs-CC: twied at gmx.net"
> smtphost reportbug.debian.org
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: stretch/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
>
> Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>
> Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
> ii  apt               1.0.10.2
> ii  python            2.7.9-1
> ii  python-reportbug  6.6.5
> pn  python:any        <none>
>
> reportbug recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
> ii  claws-mail                               3.13.0-1
> pn  debconf-utils                            <none>
> pn  debsums                                  <none>
> pn  dlocate                                  <none>
> pn  emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common  <none>
> ii  file                                     1:5.25-2
> ii  gnupg                                    1.4.19-6
> pn  postfix | exim4 | mail-transport-agent   <none>
> 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                                1.1.1-1
>
> Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
> ii  apt               1.0.10.2
> ii  python-debian     0.1.27
> ii  python-debianbts  2.6.0
> pn  python:any        <none>
>
> python-reportbug suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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