reportbug.conf(5)



REPORTBUG.CONF(5)             File Formats Manual            REPORTBUG.CONF(5)

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 de-
       fault 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  docu-
       ment,  and not in a different locale; this is particularly important in
       situations where localized characters have to be used (like  for  real-
       name).

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.de-
              bian.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"

       envelopefrom
              Specify the Envelope From mail header  (also  known  as  Return-
              path); by default it's the From address but it can be selected a
              different one in case the MTA doesn't canonicalize  local  users
              to public addresses.

       list-cc-me (boolean)
              Send  a carbon copy of the report to your automatically detected
              email address after  a  report  number  is  assigned,  like  the
              --list-cc-me option.

       mbox_reader_cmd
              Specify a command to open the bug reports mbox file. You can use
              %s to substitute the mbox file to be used, and %%  to  insert  a
              literal  percent sign. If no %s is specified, the mbox file name
              is supplied at the end of the argument list. Example:

              mbox_reader_cmd "mutt -f %s"

       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 environ-
              ment variables, see reportbug(1)). Example:

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

       justification
              The  justification  in  case of a Release Critical bug (severity
              either 'critical', 'serious' or 'grave'). Example:

              justification "text here"

       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).

       max_attachment_size
              The max size any attachment can have. Example:

              max_attachment_size 5000000

       mh     Use the mh mailer.

       mirror The address of a BTS mirror. Example:

              mirror http://mirror.address/

       mode [novice|standard|advanced|expert]
              The default operating mode for reportbug(1).

       mta    The  path  to the MTA used.  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  in-
              ternal 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.

       outfile
              Output the full email contents (including headers) to the speci-
              fied file instead of sending it. Example:

              outfile "~/reportbug_report"

       paranoid
              Paranoid mode: print the whole email envelope before sending it.

       printonly
              Print the report on screen, don't sent it.

       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)).  Exam-
              ple:

              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 re-
              portbug.

       sign [gpg|pgp|gnupg|none]
              Program used to digitally sign bug reports automatically ('none'
              to disable it).

       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 for the SMTP connection, using  STARTTLS.
              This  setting  is  ignored  if you connect to port 465, in which
              case SSL/TLS will always be used.

       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|gtk]
              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@ap-
       paji.net> for the Debian project, but may be used by others.

reportbug 3.39                     Dec 2007                  REPORTBUG.CONF(5)

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