Bug#748866: reportbug: sometimes assumes src: without being told to

[Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>]

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On 21 May 2014 Adam Borowski wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 6.5.0
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> In current unstable, when you type "reportbug kernel-common", reportbug
> somehow acts as if you wrote "reportbug src:kernel-common".  There is no
> binary package by that name (kernel-common comes from src:kernel-package).
> It has existed in unstable for several days, so it's probably safe to assume
> whatever remote services reportbug queries know about it already.


Do you still remember what was meant by "sometimes assumes" and "somehow
acts"? This bug is a little too vague to be actionable, and I intend to
close it soon if it stays like that.

Thanks!