Package: reportbug Version: 4.12 Severity: normal This appears to be a result of an extra word "obsolete" in addition to filename and md5sum fields of a conffiles record. Reproduced when reporting on python2.5-minimal.
===================================================================== il...@ei:~$ dpkg --status python2.5-minimal Package: python2.5-minimal Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 4316 Maintainer: Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org> Architecture: i386 Source: python2.5 Version: 2.5.5-5 Replaces: python2.5 (<< 2.5.2-1) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) Recommends: python2.5 Suggests: binfmt-support Conflicts: binfmt-support (<< 1.1.2) Conffiles: /etc/python2.5/sitecustomize.py d6b276695157bde06a56ba1b2bc53670 /etc/python2.5/site.py f10d07f5be789964fff663e2dfe560f9 obsolete Description: A minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.5) This package contains the interpreter and some essential modules. It can be used in the boot process for some basic tasks. See /usr/share/doc/python2.5-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules contained in this package. Homepage: http://python.org/ Python-Runtime: python2.5 Python-Version: 2.5 ===================================================================== I wonder if ignoring any extra information in conffiles records addresses the root cause properly. Here is the change I am suggesting. ===================================================================== --- /usr/share/pyshared/reportbug/utils.py.orig 2010-04-21 05:58:15.000000000 -0400 +++ /usr/share/pyshared/reportbug/utils.py 2010-04-21 05:56:05.000000000 -0400 @@ -641,7 +641,9 @@ def get_changed_config_files(conffiles, nocompress=False): confinfo = {} changed = [] - for (filename, md5sum) in conffiles: + for cf in conffiles: + filename = cf[ 0 ] + md5sum = cf[ 1 ] try: fp = file(filename) except IOError, msg: ===================================================================== -- Package-specific info: ** Environment settings: EDITOR="vi" INTERFACE="text" ** /home/ilgiz/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version "3.21.2" mode standard ui text -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages reportbug depends on: ii apt 0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-reportbug 4.12 Python modules for interacting wit reportbug recommends no packages. Versions of packages reportbug suggests: ii debconf-utils 1.5.32 debconf utilities pn debsums <none> (no description available) pn dlocate <none> (no description available) ii emacs23-bin-common 23.1+1-6 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc ii exim4 4.71-4 metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) ii exim4-daemon-heavy [ 4.71-4 Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended ii file 5.04-2 Determines file type using "magic" ii gnupg 1.4.10-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii python-gtk2 2.17.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge pn python-gtkspell <none> (no description available) pn python-urwid <none> (no description available) ii python-vte 1:0.24.0-2 Python bindings for the VTE widget ii xdg-utils 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1 desktop integration utilities from -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
