requestsync --lp is crazy (opens multiple bug reports)

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I just used requestsync --lp ngircd jaunty, and it opened 5 bug reports instead of one. I aborted when I noticed it was opening multiple bugs.

% requestsync --lp ngircd jaunty
Changes have been made to the package in Ubuntu.
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Summary:
Please sync ngircd 0.12.1-2 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).

Description:
Please sync ngircd 0.12.1-2 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).

Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped:
Main Ubuntu change (/var/run/ foo) now is in Debian.
Other Ubuntu changes were trying to fix init script problems; starting with
0.12.1-1, the init script is a complete rewrite and should work better.

Changelog since current jaunty version 0.10.3-2ubuntu3:

ngircd (0.12.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Create /var/run/ngircd/ when starting the daemon Closes: #507259
     -- Patch thanks to Adrien Cunin
  * Add myself to Uploaders

 -- Matt Arnold <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:54:00 -0500

ngircd (0.12.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (Closes: #465815, #466063).
  * Maintainer set to Debian IRC Team.
  * Added Vcs-* fields in debian/control.
  * Added Homepage field in debian/control.
  * Removed Homepage from description field in debian/control.
  * Bumped policy version to 3.8.0.
  * Enabled syslog (Closes: #452028).
  * New init-script derived from actual dh-templates. (Closes: #478338).

 -- Mario Iseli <email address hidden> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:47:32 +0200

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^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/requestsync", line 536, in <module>
    if post_bug(srcpkg, subscribe, mapping[status], title, report):
  File "/usr/bin/requestsync", line 380, in post_bug
    bug = Bug.New(product = product, summary = bugtitle, description = bugtext)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/launchpadbugs/connector.py", line 112, in New
    return getattr(self.module, "create_new_bugreport")(connection=self.connection, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/launchpadbugs/html_bug.py", line 1488, in create_new_bugreport
    result = connection.post(url, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/launchpadbugs/http_connection.py", line 256, in post
    return self._safe_urlopen(url, data, True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/launchpadbugs/http_connection.py", line 308, in _safe_urlopen
    sock = opener.open(url,data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 387, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 498, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 419, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 360, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 582, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 381, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 399, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 360, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 1115, in https_open
    return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPSConnection, req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py", line 1079, in do_open
    h.request(req.get_method(), req.get_selector(), req.data, headers)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 866, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 889, in _send_request
    self.endheaders()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 860, in endheaders
    self._send_output()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 732, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 699, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 1134, in connect
    sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
^C File "<string>", line 1, in connect
zsh: exit 1 requestsync --lp ngircd jaunty

The sync request in question is bug #311282 and its duplicates are marked as such.