On 23 Dec 2015 Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Package: reportbug > Version: 6.6.5 > Severity: normal > > This is somewhat strange: > > The snappy package comes from the source package snappy-player, whereas > there also is a snappy source package that builds some development > libraries. > > reportbug snappy fails, it will report the bug against Source: snappy > instead of Package: snappy.
Are you sure? The output you pasted below only shows which package was used when looking for existing bugs, not which package the new bug will be reported against. When retrieving existing bugs reportbug uses a somewhat wider query to increase the likelyhood of finding all relevant bugs. I intend to close this bug when the next version of reportbug is uploaded. > -- Output > > $ reportbug snappy > Detected character set: UTF-8 > Please change your locale if this is incorrect. > > Using 'Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org>' as your from address. > Getting status for snappy... > Which of the following packages is the bug in? > > 1 libsnappy-dev fast compression/decompression library (development files) > > 2 libsnappy1 fast compression/decompression library > > 3 libsnappy1v5 fast compression/decompression library > > 4 snappy Powerful media player with a minimalistic interface > > Select one of these packages: 4 > Please enter the version of the package this report applies to (blank OK) > > > Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). > Querying Debian BTS for reports on snappy (source)... > 1 bug report found: > > Bugs with severity wishlist > 1) #748627 libsnappy-dev: Static archive unsuitable for linking into > dynamic object > (1-1/1) Is the bug you found listed above [y|N|b|m|r|q|s|f|e|?]? n
