Bug#1087362: how-can-i-help: /usr/bin/how-can-i-help script returns a "no implicit conversion" error

[Kentaro HAYASHI]

Hi,

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:58:05 +0900 Kentaro HAYASHI <ken...@xdump.org>
wrote:
> It seems that given helpitem's package data is empty.
> 
> {"type"=>"testing-autorm",
>  "hash"=>"0eb6b1e5e7f22c5d6211adb3e29791d6",
>  "source"=>"dhcpcanon",
>  "packages"=>nil,
>  "removal_time"=>1732643103,
>  "bugs"=>["1084132"]}
> 
> So the following condition raises an error:
> 
>   if packages & hi['packages'] != []
>      ...
>   end
> 
> dhcpcanon was already removed from unstable and testing, and
> also stable. It seems irregular case.
> 
> Regards,

Something like this kind of patch will solve this issue:

diff -u /usr/bin/how-can-i-help how-can-i-help
--- /usr/bin/how-can-i-help     2024-05-13 04:10:39.000000000 +0900
+++ how-can-i-help      2024-11-12 21:04:29.011485104 +0900
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
       helpitems_filtered << hi
     end
   elsif hi['type'] == 'testing-autorm'
+    next unless hi['packages']
     if packages & hi['packages'] != []
       helpitems_filtered << hi
     end

Regards,