my $tail_html;
-my %maintainer = getmaintainers();
+my %maintainer = %{getmaintainers()};
my $ref = $param{'bug'} || quit("No bug number");
my $msg = $param{'msg'} || "";
my $boring = ($param{'boring'} || 'no') eq 'yes';
my $reverse = ($param{'reverse'} || 'no') eq 'yes';
-my %status = getbugstatus($ref) or &quit("Couldn't get bug status: $!");
+my %status = %{getbugstatus($ref)} or &quit("Couldn't get bug status: $!");
my $indexentry;
my $descriptivehead;