Dear Maintainer,

for a few days now at least (probably since some ruby update),
how-can-i-help exits always (as hook as well as on the commandline) as
follows:

# how-can-i-help
/usr/bin/how-can-i-help:244:in `&': no implicit conversion of nil into Array (TypeError)

    if packages & hi['packages'] != []
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        from /usr/bin/how-can-i-help:244:in `block in <main>'
        from /usr/bin/how-can-i-help:215:in `each'
        from /usr/bin/how-can-i-help:215:in `<main>'

For the record:

It seems that it was caused by the following hi data


  {"type"=>"rfs", "hash"=>"9a38ab53b0edc8a10b5f16e6543b0741",
  "source"=>"snuffleupagus", "packages"=>nil, "version"=>"0.13.0-1",
  "title"=>"RFS: snuffleupagus/0.13.0-1 [RC] -- Security module for php7
  and php8", "id"=>1126807}


Regards,

It might be duplicated of
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1126835

and it was fixed in the repository.

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/how-can-i-help/-/commit/bc82447e045af66c97640ea956bb83e7f05b68ac


Regards,

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
how-can-i-help, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1126953@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Tomasz Nitecki <tnnn@tnnn.pl> (supplier of updated how-can-i-help package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:47:35 +0100
Source: how-can-i-help
Architecture: source
Version: 21
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Tomasz Nitecki <tnnn@tnnn.pl>
Changed-By: Tomasz Nitecki <tnnn@tnnn.pl>
Closes: 1126835 1126953
Changes:
 how-can-i-help (21) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Cédric Boutillier ]
   * Skip rfs type if no binary package available (Closes: #1126835, #1126953)
     + Thanks to Cédric for the fix!
   * Remove X?-Ruby-Versions fields from d/control
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   [ Tomasz Nitecki ]
   * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3; no changes needed.
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