[Reportbug-maint] Bug#849673: reportbug: IndexError in handle_debian_release

[Sebastian Ramacher]

Package: reportbug
Version: 7.1.1
Severity: normal

When filing a jessie-pu bug for release.debian.org after entering the name of
the package, reportbug exits with the following traceback:

% reportbug release.debian.org·
Note: bug reports are publicly archived (including the email address of the submitter).
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher at debian.org>' as your from address.
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Checking status database...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2233, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1107, in main
    return iface.user_interface()
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1697, in user_interface
    self.options.http_proxy)
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 540, in special_prompts
    return pkgprompts(package, bts, ui, fromaddr, timeout, online, http_proxy)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/reportbug/debbugs.py", line 467, in handle_debian_release
    version = list(checkversions.get_versions_available(package, timeout, (tag[:-3],)).values())[0]
IndexError: list index out of range


Cheers


-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="vim"
PAGER="less"
DEBEMAIL="sramacher at debian.org"
DEBFULLNAME="Sebastian Ramacher"
INTERFACE="urwid"

** /home/sebastian/.reportbugrc:
mode expert
ui urwid
realname "Sebastian Ramacher"
email "sramacher at debian.org"
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: sramacher at debian.org"
mutt

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (650, 'unstable-debug'), (650, 'buildd-unstable'), (650, 'unstable'), (601, 'testing'), (600, 'experimental-debug'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                1.4~beta2
ii  python3-reportbug  7.1.1
pn  python3:any        <none>

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  claws-mail                                 <none>
pn  debconf-utils                              <none>
ii  debsums                                    2.1.3
pn  dlocate                                    <none>
pn  emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common    <none>
ii  exim4                                      4.88-2
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent]  4.88-2
ii  file                                       1:5.29-2
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                             3.22.5-1
pn  gir1.2-vte-2.91                            <none>
ii  gnupg                                      2.1.17-2
ii  python3-gi                                 3.22.0-2
pn  python3-gtkspellcheck                      <none>
ii  python3-urwid                              1.3.1-2+b1
ii  xdg-utils                                  1.1.1-1

-- no debconf information

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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