reportbug.conf

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Version: Dec 2007 (debian - 07/07/09)

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NAME

reportbug.conf - The configuration file for reportbug

SYNOPSIS

/etc/reportbug.conf - The configuration file for reportbug, a program designed to report bugs in the Debian distribution

DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the layout of the reportbug(1) configuration file and the available configuration options. The default location of the file is /etc/reportbug.conf and the options may be overriding in $HOME/.reportbugrc -- which follows the same format as reportbug.conf

FILE FORMAT

Configuration options can be specified in the form

option-name option-value

True/false (boolean) options can be specified as

boolean-option

Usually, no-option will disable option if option is boolean.

Options can be specified in any order.

OPTIONS

The summary of possible options (in alphabetical order) is as follows:
af
Use the af mailer
bts
The bug tracking system to use, see reportbug --bts help for a list of currently supported BTSes
cc (boolean)
Whether the reporter should be Cc:ed on the bug report
check-available (boolean)
Whether packages.debian.org should be queried for newer releases of the package. In advanced and expert mode, incoming.debian.org and http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html are also checked.
compress (boolean)
Whether modified configuration files included in the bug report should be stripped down
config-files (boolean)
Whether modified configuration files should be included with the bug report
editor
The editor to use to edit the bug report

editor "emacs -nw"

email
Default "From:" address of the bug email (override with environment variables, see reportbug(1))

email "humberto@example.com"

header
Additional headers to add to the bug email. Like:

header "X-Debbugs-CC: debian-qa@lists.debian.org"
header "X-Silly-Header: I haven't edited my /etc/reportbug.conf"
header "X-Debbugs-No-Ack: please" # to suppress acknowledgments

http_proxy
Default HTTP proxy used to query the BTS (override with environment variables, see reportbug(1))

http_proxy http://proxy.example.com:3128/

maintonly
See the --maintonly entry in reportbug(1)
mh
Use the mh mailer
mode [novice|standard|advanced|expert]
The default operating mode for reportbug(1)
mta
The path to the MTA used. Any any SMTP server on Debian should be OK with the default

mta /usr/sbin/sendmail

mua
The mailer to use (the default is empty, to use an internal mailer). Takes an argument like that to --mua in reportbug(1)

mua 'mutt -H'

mutt
Use the mutt mailer
nmh
Use the nmh mailer
no-check-uid (boolean)
Disables checking whether the UIDs are outside admin range (root is still checked)
no-debconf (boolean)
Disables adding the debconf-show output to the bug report
no-query-source (boolean)
Disables querying the source packages for bugs
offline
Disables all external queries
query-bts (boolean)
Whether the BTS should be queried for existing bug reports
quiet
See the --report-quiet entry in reportbug(1)
realname
The default real-name in the "From:" address of the bug email (override with environment variables. See reportbug(1))

realname "Humberto Flores III"

replyto
The default "Reply-To:" in the bug email (override with environment variables. See reportbug(1))

replyto "Humberto Flores <humflores@example.org>"

severity [critical|grave|serious|important|does-not-build|normal|minor|wishlist]
The default severity level of the bug reported. Setting this in the configuration file will disable prompting while running reportbug
sign [gpg|pgp]
Program used to digitally sign bug reports automatically
smtphost
Use an MTA different from /usr/sbin/sendmail. A port number other than 25 can also be specified

smtphost mail.example.com:2525

Use smtphost localhost to enable the internal MTA

smtppasswd
The password to use for SMTP

smtppasswd f10r35

smtpuser
The username to use for SMTP

smtpuser hflores

smtptls
Enables TLS encryption
submit
Use submit as the bug submission address
template
Use the template mode, bypasses all prompts and the output it sent to stdout
ui [text|urwid|gtk2]
The user interface that querybts(1) and reportbug(1) should use
verify
Enables automatic verification of package installation before reporting using debsums, if available

SEE ALSO

reportbug(1), querybts(1)

AUTHOR

reportbug was written by Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>

This manual page was written by Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <giridhar@appaji.net> for the Debian project, but may be used by others.

Last modified: 2007-12-20 by Y Giridhar Appaji Nag