Package: www.debian.org Severity: wishlist Tags: patch -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
? Reporting.wml.patch Index: Reporting.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/Bugs/Reporting.wml,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.59 Reporting.wml --- Reporting.wml 12 Sep 2007 23:54:02 -0000 1.59 +++ Reporting.wml 10 Oct 2007 13:41:27 -0000 @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ #use wml::debian::template title="Debian BTS - reporting bugs" NOHEADER=yes NOCOPYRIGHT=true -<h1>How to report a bug in Debian using reportbug</h1> +<h1>How to report a bug in Debiang</h1> + +<h2>Use reportbug</h2> <a name="reportbug"></a> <p>We strongly recommend that you report bugs in Debian using the @@ -15,13 +17,9 @@ href="mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org"> Debian user mailing list</a>.</p> -<h1>How to report a bug in Debian using email</h1> - - <h2>Important things to note <strong>before</strong> sending your bug report</h2> - <a name="whatpackage"></a> <h3>What package does your bug report belong to?</h3> <p>You need to know what package your bug report should be filed @@ -63,12 +61,13 @@ Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will forward the bug upstream.</p> - <h2>Sending the bug report via e-mail</h2> <p>You can report bugs in Debian by sending an e-mail to <a href="mailto:submit@bugs.debian.org"><code>submit@bugs.debian.org</code></a> -with a special format described below.</p> +with a special format described below. <code>reportbug</code> (<a +href="#reportbug">see above</a>) will properly format the e-mails for you; +please use it!</p> <h3>Headers</h3> <p>Like any e-mail you should include a clear, descriptive @@ -371,10 +370,14 @@ <h2><a name="findpkgver">Using <code>dpkg</code> to find the package and version for the report</a></h2> -<p>If you are reporting a bug in a command, you can find out which -package installed it by using <code>dpkg --search</code>. You can -find out which version of a package you have installed by using -<code>dpkg --list</code> or <code>dpkg --status</code>. +<p>When using <code>reportbug</code> to report a bug in a command, say +<code>grep</code>, the following will automatically select the right package +and let you write the report right away: <code>reportbug --file $(which +grep)</code></p> + +<p>You can also find out which package installed it by using <code>dpkg +--search</code>. You can find out which version of a package you have +installed by using <code>dpkg --list</code> or <code>dpkg --status</code>. </p> <p>For example:</p>
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