Trying to report a bug through launchpad without success

[Brian Murray]

On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 06:15:10PM +0100, Javier López Pérez wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Sorry if this not the proper list to ask, but it is the only 
> one I have found.
> 
> I am trying to report a bug through launchpad (I already 
> opened an account), but I seem to be unable.
> 
> [Although I know this is not a list for reporting bugs, I 
> will clarify that the bug in question is a missing symbolic 
> link in package lib32stdc++6, that is, a 32 bit library for 
> a 64 bit Lucid installation; there should be a soft link 
> from /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so to /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6, 
> but there isn't].
> 
> I have tried to do as the howto on reporting bugs says to 
> open a new bug:
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lib32stdc++6/+filebug?no-redirect
> (in case there is some problem with the + character I have 
> also tried:
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lib32stdc%2B%2B6/+filebug?no-redirect)
> 
> but I get an error page stating that there is no such 
> package.

Bugs need to be reported against source packages, not the binary
packages produced by them.

'apt-cache show lib32stdc++6' can help you out: 

...
Source: gcc-4.4
...

Another way to approach this would have been to use "Find a Package"
search feature at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu.

--
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
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