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" <sub...@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 <t...@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