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Package: devscripts
Version: 2.26.7
Severity: normal
Hi. "man bts" has this:
notfound [bug] [in] [source-package/]version
I sent this command
notfound 1131061 in 1.26-2
which follows that pattern, and the bug server replied
> notfound 1131061 in 1.26-2
Unknown command or malformed arguments to command.
Maybe the "in" shouldn't be there.
Thanks
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Hi Dima,
On Sat, May 16, 2026 at 01:41:00PM -0700, Dima Kogan wrote:
> Hi. "man bts" has this:
>
> notfound [bug] [in] [source-package/]version
>
> I sent this command
>
> notfound 1131061 in 1.26-2
>
> which follows that pattern, and the bug server replied
>
> > notfound 1131061 in 1.26-2
> Unknown command or malformed arguments to command.
>
> Maybe the "in" shouldn't be there.
The bts(1) manpage documents the bts program's command line syntax, not the
debbugs server's control e-mail syntax. There are some subtle differences
such as the one you found.
See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control for the pertinent server
documentation.
If you can think of a way to make this subtle distinction clearer in the
documentation let me know.
My overall approach so far has been to make the UX of using the bts program
interactively (from an MUA) better to avoid having to write BTS commands by
hand in the first place, but that still needs more work.
--Daniel
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