Re: dpkg-dev: slink-to-potato bug?

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Svante" == Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com> writes:

Note: the potato version is unstable, and you are more likely
to encounter problems with it rather then slink.

However, if you are willing to submit bug reports, I am
sure that most developers will be grateful.

    Svante> Hello, Since I'm new to Debian I don't know where to
    Svante> report (possible) bugs yet I'm posting it here. Please
    Svante> advise me to the correct list next time.  The lists
    Svante> subscribed to so far are: debian-announce, debian-news,
    Svante> debian-change, debian-user.

debian-devel might be better suited for potato (aka unstable) specific
issues. However, if you are unsure, then post in debian-user.

    Svante> Upgrading from slink emacs or xemacs resulted in an
    Svante> unfinished configure phase. This was solved by: ln -s
    Svante> /usr/share/dpkg/site-lisp/debian-changelog-mode.el
    Svante> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/dpkg-dev/

This is what I would do:

1. lookup http://bugs.debian.org/emacs
and http://bugs.debian.org/xemacs

to check the bug hasn't already been reported.

2. install the bug package.

3. type "bug emacs" or "bug xemacs" to file a bug report.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>