Package: reportbug Version: 7.5.2 Severity: important tglase@tglase:~ $ dpkg -l libc6 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii libc6:amd64 2.28-10 amd64 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libc6:i386 2.28-10 i386 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libc6:x32 2.28-10 x32 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
So, now I want to report a bug against libc6: tglase@tglase:~ $ reportbug libc6 (reportbug:14712): dbind-WARNING **: 17:19:07.344: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** 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 'Thorsten Glaser <t...@mirbsd.de>' as your from address. Getting status for libc6... Which of the following packages is the bug in? 1 glibc-doc GNU C Library: Documentation 2 glibc-source GNU C Library: sources 3 libc-bin GNU C Library: Binaries 4 libc-dev-bin GNU C Library: Development binaries 5 libc-l10n GNU C Library: localization files 6 libc6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries 7 libc6-amd64 GNU C Library: 64bit Shared libraries for AMD64 8 libc6-dbg GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols 9 libc6-dev GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files 10 libc6-dev-amd64 GNU C Library: 64bit Development Libraries for AMD64 11 libc6-dev-i386 GNU C Library: 32-bit development libraries for AMD64 12 libc6-i386 GNU C Library: 32-bit shared libraries for AMD64 13 libc6-pic GNU C Library: PIC archive library 14 locales GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support] 15 locales-all GNU C Library: Precompiled locale data 16 multiarch-support Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility 17 nscd GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon 18 glibc Source package Select one of these packages: 6 Getting status for libc6... Which of the following installed packages is the bug in? 1 libc6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries 2 libc6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries 3 libc6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries 4 libc6 Uninstalled/non-existent package Select one of these packages: 1 Getting status for libc6... Please enter the version of the package this report applies to (blank OK) > 2.28-10 Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). Querying Debian BTS for reports on libc6 (source)... […] Why do I have to select the package manually, TWICE, and the second prompt does not even show which is which (the normal user would be confused from the same entry showing up two or more times), and it doesn’t even detect the version right? Incidentally, after selecting one of them randomly, it doesn’t even matter as the arch qualifier (e.g. :x32) isn’t even used in the report… -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: EDITOR="/usr/bin/sensible-editor" VISUAL="/usr/bin/jupp" DEBEMAIL="Thorsten Glaser <t...@mirbsd.de>" INTERFACE="text" ** /home/tglase/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "6.6.6" mode advanced ui text -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unreleased APT policy: (500, 'unreleased'), (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: x32 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, amd64 Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/lksh Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 1.8.2 ii python3 3.7.3-1 ii python3-reportbug 7.5.2 ii sensible-utils 0.0.12 reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: pn claws-mail <none> ii debconf-utils 1.5.72 ii debsums 2.2.3 pn dlocate <none> pn emacs24-bin-common | emacs25-bin-common <none> ii file 1:5.35-4 ii gnupg 2.2.17-3 ii postfix [mail-transport-agent] 3.4.5-1 pn python3-urwid <none> pn reportbug-gtk <none> ii xdg-utils 1.1.3-1 Versions of packages python3-reportbug depends on: ii apt 1.8.2 ii file 1:5.35-4 ii python3 3.7.3-1 ii python3-apt 1.8.4 ii python3-debian 0.1.35 ii python3-debianbts 2.8.2 ii python3-requests 2.21.0-1 python3-reportbug suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
