Debian Bug report logs - #420149
doesn't inform user that dpkg failed

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Pierre THIERRY <nowhere.man@levallois.eu.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: doesn't inform user that dpkg failed

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:59:44 +0200

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Package: reportbug-ng
Version: 0.2007.04.13
Severity: normal

When dpkg fails to inform reportbug-ng of the version of an installed
package, reportbug-ng just leaves the version field empty and won't
notify the user of the problem.

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.17-2-k7

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  990 testing         www.debian-multimedia.org 
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         ftp.nerim.net 
  502 stable          ftp.nerim.net 
  501 unstable        ftp.nerim.net 
  500 unstable        ftp.nerim.net 
  500 stable          security.debian.org 
  500 stable          ftp.nerim.net 
  200 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org 
  200 stable          www.debian-multimedia.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends       (Version) | Installed
=======================-+-===========
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Message #10 received at 420149-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bastian Venthur <venthur@debian.org>

To: 420149-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: closing

Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:35:55 +0200

Version: 0.2007.04.13

This bug was already fixed in Version 0.2007.04.13. Rng doesn't sent
empty Version headers anymore.

BTW I don't consider this as a bug, since it's perfectly possible to
report bugs about a package you've not installed.


Cheers,

Bastian


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Message #15 received at 420149@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Pierre THIERRY <nowhere.man@levallois.eu.org>

To: 420149@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#420149 closed by Bastian Venthur <venthur@debian.org> (closing)

Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 01:06:31 +0200

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Scribit Debian Bug Tracking System dies 24/04/2007 hora 09:54:
> BTW I don't consider this as a bug, since it's perfectly possible to
> report bugs about a package you've not installed.

Of course I would not consider it a bug if the package was not
installed! But it's a bug when the version doesn't show up when the
package is installed. The user will expect Rng to figure out the version
automatically, and it should report any error that prevented it to do
so.

Quickly,
Pierre
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