Re: Reassigning Bugs
On Sunday 24 September 2006 14:00, Benjamin Mesing wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a bug which is not a bug in my package (packagesearch). However,
> reassigning it to the package that causes that bug (apt-file), would
> leave it no longer visible for my package, and thus probably result in
> the bug to be posted again.
> Is there a way to leave the bug visible for my package, but reassign it
> to apt-file?
>
> Options I have thought about, but found not to be optimal:
> * File a bug report against apt-file, and block the bug against
> packagesearch by the new one - close the bug against
> packagesaerch as soon as the bug in apt-file is closed. This
> option does not reflect reality: I could not specify the version
> of packagesearch this bug is closed in. Besides it requires me
> to notice when the bug in apt-file is closed.
> * File a bug report against apt-file, (force)-merge the bug in
> packagesearch with that one. Again this is not a truthful
> reflection of reality, but might be a way to go.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
You are probably looking for the 'clone' [1].
clone 12345 -1
reassign -1 apt-file
retitle -1 apt-file: known to break packagesearch ...
thanks
[1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control
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