REPORTBUG.CONF
Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: Dec 2007
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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 and
querybts 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).
Please note that any configuration file has to be a valid UTF-8
document, and not in a different locale; this is particularly
important in situations where localized characters has to be used
(like for realname).
FILE FORMAT
Configuration options can be specified in the form
option-name option-value
True/False (boolean) options can be specified as
boolean-option
(if it's present, it's a True).
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:
- bts
-
The bug tracking system to use, see reportbug --help searching
for --bts option 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. Example:
editor "emacs -nw"
- email
-
Default From address of the bug email (override with environment
variables, see reportbug(1)). Example:
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)). Example:
http_proxy http://proxy.example.com:3128/
- keyid
-
The GPG key to use, if different from the default one on the system.
Example:
keyid 12345678
- 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 mail user agent to use (the default is empty, to use an internal
mailer). Example:
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). Example:
realname "Humberto Flores III"
- replyto
-
The default Reply-To in the bug email (override with environment
variables, see reportbug(1). Example:
replyto "Humberto Flores <humflores@example.org>"
- severity [critical|grave|serious|important|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. Example:
smtphost mail.example.com:2525
Use "smtphost localhost" to enable the internal MTA.
- smtppasswd
-
The password to use for SMTP. Example:
smtppasswd f10r35
- smtpuser
-
The username to use for SMTP. Example:
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> and it's now maintained by Sandro Tosi <morph@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.
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILE FORMAT
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- OPTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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