[Bug 179533] update-maintainer does not get section automatically anymore

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Binary package hint: devscripts

The update-maintainer script used to detect the used section
automatically, but fails to do so since a few weeks.

update-maintainer uses e.g. "rmadison -u ubuntu -a source apt -s hardy"
and greps the output with grep -Eo
"main|universe|multiverse|restricted".

It seems like the output from rmadison or http://people.ubuntu.com
/~ubuntu-archive/madison.cgi has changed, because it does not contain
any section information (anymore?).

Is this the case only for some packages (e.g. those in main)?
$ rmadison -u ubuntu -a source apt -s hardy
       apt | 0.7.9ubuntu2 |         hardy | source
$ rmadison -u ubuntu -a source ktoon -s hardy
     ktoon |    0.8.1-3 | hardy/universe | source

** Affects: ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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update-maintainer does not get section automatically anymore
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/179533
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