252439 - query "cc doesn't match regexp" ignores bug if empty cc list

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 204903

(Bugzilla :: Query/Bug List, defect)

Description

[Peter Steiner]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2

if i run a query with the criteria "CC list member" "doesn't match regexp"
"anytext" no bugs with zero cc members are returned.

it might be correct in a programmatical sense that a non-existing "CC list
member" never "doesn't match regexp" and thus such bugs cannot be hit by that
criteria.

usability wise it renders that feature worthless, as the standard usage of that
criteria is to find ALL bugs without the specified cc, which surely include
those without any cc list members.

summary: the "CC list member" "doesn't match regexp" should match bugs with an
empty cc list.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open a query
2. under "email and numbering" activate "CC list member" "doesn't match regexp"
3. enter any email adress in the regexp text field below
4. submit query

Actual Results:  
no bugs with empty cc list get returned, just those with cc members where none
match the given regexp.

Expected Results:  
return all bugs where any cc list members don't match AND those with empty cc
list members.

Comment 1

[Joel Peshkin]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 204903 ***