[Reportbug-maint] Bug#857810: reportbug: crashes if $HOME does not exist, bugreport is lost

[Thorsten Glaser]

Package: reportbug
Version: 6.6.3
Severity: important

I just reported a bug in a cowbuilder chroot, so $HOME pointed to
a nonexistent directory. What I got was this:

File /tmp/reportbug-node-uglify-20170315-25826-NfKllD saved.
Report will be sent to "Debian Bug Tracking System" <submit at bugs.debian.org>
Submit this report on node-uglify (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'

The bugreport in /tmp/ was already removed at this point in which
I got a shell prompt.


-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="/usr/bin/jupp"
VISUAL="/usr/bin/jupp"
DEBEMAIL="Thorsten Glaser <tg at mirbsd.de>"
INTERFACE="text"

** /home/tglase/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.6.3"
mode advanced
ui text
offline
no-check-uid
smtphost "mail.lixid.net"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt               1.0.9.8.4
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>
pn  dlocate                                  <none>
pn  emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common  <none>
pn  file                                     <none>
ii  gnupg                                    1.4.18-7+deb8u3
pn  postfix | exim4 | mail-transport-agent   <none>
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               1.0.9.8.4
ii  python-debian     0.1.27
ii  python-debianbts  1.12
pn  python:any        <none>

python-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information