Ubuntu bug reporting (reportbug, dpkg origins)

Wichert Akkerman wichert at wiggy.net
Mon Nov 1 03:38:02 CST 2004


Previously Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 19:00 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > * Modify /etc/dpkg/origins/debian so bugreports for debian packages
> > >   still get send to ubuntu, possibly to a different address so you
> > >   can easily catch them
> > 
> I don't like this on the simple basis that it's lying ... Claiming to be
> Debian and then changing what Debian *is*.

It's not so much changing as what Debian is as changing where bugreports
for Debian packages go to.

> Don't we do this on our buildds already?!
> 
> descent scott% apt-cache show hotplug
> Package: hotplug
> Version: 0.0.20040329-11ubuntu10
> Origin: Ubuntu

Ah, good.

Wichert.

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