REPORTBUG.CONF(5)REPORTBUG.CONF(5)NAMEreportbug.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 docu‐
ment, and not in a different locale; this is particularly important in
situations where localized characters has 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, incom‐
ing.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 environ‐
ment 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 ALSOreportbug(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 <girid‐
har@appaji.net> for the Debian project, but may be used by others.
reportbug 3.39 Dec 2007 REPORTBUG.CONF(5)
