Bug#911059: reportbug: Behaviour on lowercase and UPPERCASE package names is inconsistent
Package: reportbug
Version: 7.1.7+deb9u2
Severity: normal
Control: found -1 reportbug/7.5.0
reportbug does rather not work consistently when using UPPERCASE package names, e.g.:
# reportbug -p WNPP
Warning: no reportbug configuration found. Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: us-ascii
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
Using 'Daniel Lange <DLange@debian.org>' as your from address.
Getting status for WNPP...
W: Unable to locate package WNPP
No matching source or binary packages.
A package named "WNPP" does not appear to be installed; do you want to search for a similar-looking filename in an installed
package [Y|n|q|?]?
[..]
vs. the intended behaviour on lowercase "wnpp".
# reportbug -p wnpp
Warning: no reportbug configuration found. Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: us-ascii
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
Using 'Daniel Lange <DLange@debian.org>' as your from address.
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
What sort of request is this? (If none of these things mean anything to you, or you are trying to report a bug in an existing
package, please press Enter to exit reportbug.)
1 ITP This is an `Intent To Package'. Please submit a package description along with copyright and URL in such a report.
2 O The package has been `Orphaned'. It needs a new maintainer as soon as possible.
3 RFA This is a `Request for Adoption'. Due to lack of time, resources, interest or something similar, the current maintainer is
asking for someone else to maintain this package. They will maintain it in the meantime, but perhaps not in the best
possible way. In short: the package needs a new maintainer.
4 RFH This is a `Request For Help'. The current maintainer wants to continue to maintain this package, but they need some help
to do this because their time is limited or the package is quite big and needs several maintainers.
5 RFP This is a `Request For Package'. You have found an interesting piece of software and would like someone else to maintain
it for Debian. Please submit a package description along with copyright and URL in such a report.
Choose the request type:
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Now the Pseudo-package name is WNPP, not wnpp.
Similar problem:
# reportbug -p Reportbug # notice the uppercase R
Warning: no reportbug configuration found. Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
Using 'Daniel Lange <DLange@debian.org>' as your from address.
Getting status for Reportbug...
Checking for newer versions at madison...
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).
Querying Debian BTS for reports on Reportbug (source)...
216 bug reports found:
Bugs with severity important
1) #709862 reportbug: GTK interface crashes on continue from package selection
2) #711404 reportbug's GTK interface crashes if spelling dictionaries for the current locale are missing
3) #717563 reportbug: web access thru proxy not available
4) #848208 GUI segfaults when trying to collect system information [RESOLVED]
5) #849124 Reportbug 7.1.1 doesnt start (ValueError: Namespace Vte not available + another error) [RESOLVED]
6) #850733 Crashes with "TypeError: GObject.__init__() takes exactly 0 arguments (1 given)" [RESOLVED]
[..]
vs.
# reportbug -p reportbug # notice the lowercase r
Warning: no reportbug configuration found. Proceeding in novice mode.
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.
Using 'Daniel Lange <DLange@debian.org>' as your from address.
Getting status for reportbug...
Checking for newer versions at madison...
Your version (7.1.7+deb9u2) of reportbug appears to be out of date.
The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive:
testing: 7.5.0
unstable: 7.5.0
Do you still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]?
[..]
Reportbug should do the right thing, regardless of case.
So probably lowercasing package names given before processing.
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