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[[PackageManagement#Installing.2C_removing.2C_upgrading_software|Install]] the [[DebianPkg:reportbug]] package. |
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Contents
Introduction
reportbug is a tool designed to make the reporting of bugs in Debian and derived distributions relatively painless.
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting - How to report a bug in Debian using reportbug
This package provides access to the Debian Bug Tracking System, which can be used for both reporting and researching bugs, by a number of interfaces, including email, web, and command-line utilities.
reportbug features include:
- Access to outstanding bug reports to make it easier to identify whether problems have already been reported.
- Automatic checking for newer versions of packages.
- Optional automatic verification of integrity of packages via debsums.
- Support for following-up on outstanding reports.
- Integration with the mutt, af, and mh/nmh e-mail readers.
- Optional PGP/GnuPG integration.
Installation
Install the reportbug package.
Usage
Report a bug: reportbug packagename
To view bugs for a package: querybts packagename
There is also a robot at control@bugs.debian.org that expects specially-crafted control messages for the bug tracking system.
See also
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-support.html#s-bugreport - Debian FAQ : How do I report a bug in Debian?
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ - Debian Bug Tracking System (BTS)
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting - How to report a bug in Debian (do things without reportbug) (/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt)
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html - How to Report Bugs Effectively : generic recommendations for bug reporter
https://salsa.debian.org/reportbug-team/reportbug - the reportbug project page
Using other SMTP servers
reportbug is designed to be used on systems with an installed mail transport agent, like exim or sendmail; however, you can edit the configuration file and send reports using any available mail server.
GMail
It is sometimes easier to configure reportbug to use GMail to send bug reports rather than the existing sendmail program installed by default in Debian. The following outlines the steps to accomplish this:
Run reportbug --configure as your normal user. This creates a ~/.reportbugrc file that stores all the configurations.
Follow the instructions and when asked "Do you have a 'mail transport agent' (MTA) configured", choose "No".
Then enter the SMTP host for gmail: smtp.gmail.com:587
For the user name enter: <username>@gmail.com'
For the question "Does your SMTP host require TLS authentication?", choose "Yes"
If you have set up Google's two-factor authentication for your GMail account, you can create an application-specific password to use with reportbug.
Error Messages
Warning: unsupported locale setting
This warning may appear on the screen as reportbug is invoked. The error relates to Locale configuration.
- Workaround : type LANG=C before the command. for example :
LANG=C reportbug