Bug#916297: reportbug: crash after using "Display modified configuration files"

[nemo Inis <nemoinis@hotmail.com>]

Sandro,

1) that one 'TypeError' line IS the 'unaltered, complete reportbug traceback'

2) I don't think the specific package matters, only that it had a modified config file. e.g. in
my case apt-cacher-ng, or apache2, or <insert package name here>

3) the bug is in reportbug/ui/gtk2_ui.py, in the class 'SystemPage(Page)' which defines
'on_child_exited' with two parameters when it should be three (the third parameter being the
child's exit status code, as per Vte.Terminal.signals.child_exited documentation for Vte 2.91)



On 12/12/2018 12.13, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>> When reporting a bug, reportbug sometimes issues a warning that "The following
>> configuration files have been modified:" (for the package being reported
>> against).
>> It then gives the option to Send the modified files, or "Display modified
>> configuration files (exit with "q")"
>>
>> Clicking that button displays the pertinent configuration files OK, but after
>> pressing q to exit back to the bug, reportbug dies with:
>>
>> TypeError: on_child_exited() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given
> 
> please report the unaltered. complete reportbug traceback.
> 
> Does it happen for a specific package only or for multiple ones? in
> any case, report the exact package this is happening on
>