On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:42:31PM +0200, Dirk De Groote wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 20:05 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > severity 361805 important > > thanks
> > On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:38:46PM +0200, Dirk De Groote wrote: > > > Package: bug-buddy > > > Version: 2.8.0-3 > > > Severity: grave > > > Justification: renders package unusable > > > tested on 2 computers, with same result : lauching "bug-buddy" proposes > > > you to update your bug-information. Clicking "update" starts downloading > > > 6 (4 on the other box) updates. Then an error message appears : > > > "application has quit unexpectedly" and you get 3 options : "restart > > > app", "close" or "inform developpers" ( the latter being impossible > > > since that one tries to launch "bug-buddy" ...). Selecting "restart" > > > puts you back in the "update" loop , this time only requiering 2 updates > > > , but those never succeed ... same loop all over : crash --> restart --> > > > update --> crash --> restart ... etc. > > So click the "don't update" button instead? > > I'm not sure why this functionality is enabled at all in the Debian package > > of bug-buddy, since updates should happen through the Debian package system > > and *not* by pulling updates from third-party websites; but in any case, you > > don't have to agree to update in order to use bug-buddy, so I don't think > > this warrants a grave severity. > Thanks for your reply, I agree, severity shouldn't be "important" , but > that what the "report-bug" tool assigns automatically when the package > itself becomes unusable. It does not affect any functionality of other > packages on the system whatsoever, true. > The "don't update" suggestion above however has no effect and crashes > "bug-buddy" in the same way. Hrm, this is bad; the bug-buddy package shouldn't let itself get into such an unusable state. Probably still not severity: grave, but I do hope this gets fixed for etch. Does apt-get install --reinstall bug-buddy fix this problem for you? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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