Bug#946363: reportbug can't identify the package of a bug specified with -N when the bug is files against a source package
On 07 Dec 2019 Sven Bartscher wrote:
> I recently tried to submit an additional report for the bug #939875
> which is filed against src:linux, but apparently reportbug struggles
> to identify src:linux as a proper package name:
> Retrieving report #939875 from Debian bug tracking system...
> What do you want to do now? [N|x|o|r|b|e|q|?]? x
> Getting status for src:linux...
> W: Paket src:linux kann nicht gefunden werden.
There is indeed no (source or binary) package with name src:linux.
Reportbug could be smarter here and recognize the "src:" prefix. This
would at least avoid the warning.
> This looks like it only gathered the generic system information, even
> though reports for src:linux usually gather a lot more information.
The additional information is gathered from bug scripts shipped in
binary packages. In order to execute such a script, the bug must be
filed against the binary package. When reporting a bug against a source
package, reportbug does not have sufficient information to know which
bug script to execute.
I think that most of the bugs you have in mind were probably originally
filed against a binary package built from the linux source package, then
reassigned to src:linux.
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