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Re: bug tracking system



on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:54:37PM +0100, Josef Dalcolmo (dalcolmo@vh-s.de) wrote:
> I know I am supposed to check first if a bug has already been
> registered, before submitting a new message. But how does one do that,
> if one cannot search the bug reports by content? I cannot know the
> number, or author of a bug report, if I know only the symptoms.

    $ apt-get install bug
    $ bugview <package>
    
You can set up bugview for a web browser, I happen to prefer w3m.
Do a reasonable search for what look to be your symptoms.  If you don't
find them listed, file a bug and let the maintainer sort it out.

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