On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:00, Lionel Elie Mamane <lio...@mamane.lu> wrote: > retitle 628463 --src and non-existing package name: error message > wrong/confusing > thanks > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 09:13:26AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >> $ reportbug --source linux-2.6 >> No package specified; stopping. > >> But I _did_ specify a source package, namely "linux-2.6". > > I noticed that "reportbug linux-2.6" said "no such binary OR SOURCE > package linux-2.6". So I did an "apt-get update" and this fixed the > problem. Which means that really the problem is that the error message > is just plain wrong/confusing. It should says something like "no such > source package linux-2.6".
could you confirm you don't have a 'deb-src' line in /etc/apt/sources.list ? --src needs the Sources package list in order to retrieve package information; if you don't have any deb-src, Sources lists are not there and reportbug fails (ok, with a confusing msg, we'll see to fix it). Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
