[Reportbug-maint] Bug#817893: reportbug release.debian.org crashes with IndexError

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Package: reportbug
Version: 6.6.3
Severity: normal

Hello

the following happens on harris.debian.org:

ukleinek at harris:~$ reportbug release.debian.org
Warning: no reportbug configuration found.  Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using '"Uwe Kleine-König" <ukleinek at harris.debian.org>' as your from address.
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
What sort of request is this? (If none of these things mean anything to you, or
you are trying to report a bug in an existing package, please press Enter to
exit reportbug.)

1 binnmu      binNMU requests
2 britney     testing migration script bugs
3 jessie-pu   jessie proposed updates requests
4 other       None of the other options
5 rm          Stable/Testing removal requests
6 transition  transition tracking
7 unblock     unblock requests
8 wheezy-pu   wheezy proposed updates requests

Choose the request type: 3
Please enter the name of the package: flash-kernel
Checking status database...
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 1677, in user_interface
    self.options.http_proxy)
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 518, in special_prompts
    return pkgprompts(package, bts, ui, fromaddr, timeout, online, http_proxy)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reportbug/debbugs.py", line 452, in handle_debian_release
    version = checkversions.get_versions_available(package, timeout, (tag[:-3],)).values()[0]
IndexError: list index out of range

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-armmp (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.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               1.0.9.8.2
ii  python            2.7.9-1
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>
ii  dlocate                                    1.02+nmu3
ii  emacs24-bin-common                         24.4+1-5
ii  exim4-daemon-heavy [mail-transport-agent]  4.84-8+deb8u2
ii  file                                       1:5.22+15-2+deb8u1
ii  gnupg                                      1.4.18-7
pn  python-gtk2                                <none>
pn  python-gtkspell                            <none>
pn  python-urwid                               <none>
pn  python-vte                                 <none>
pn  xdg-utils                                  <none>

Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               1.0.9.8.2
ii  python-debian     0.1.27
ii  python-debianbts  1.12
pn  python:any        <none>

python-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information