Re: Package removal from testing for bug in stable

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On 2016-06-20 4:09, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 17.06.2016 09:31, Eugene Zhukov wrote:
>
> > The package is marked for autoremoval from testing, however the RC[1]
> > bug is reported against version in stable (testing has a newer
> > version, without a bug).
>
> In this case, send a mail to control@bugs.debian.org, with "notfound",
> the bug number and the version number in testing -- this will correctly
> track the bug as unfixed in stable, but not affecting testing or 
> unstable.

No, it won't.

What "notfound" does is remove an explicit entry in the list of "found" 
versions. If what you want to say is that the bug is fixed in the 
version in testing, you need to use "fixed".

Regards,

Adam