request@bugs.linux-mandrake.com
which allows the retrieval of bug data and documentation by email,
there is another server on control@bugs.linux-mandrake.com
which
also allows bug reports to be manipulated in various ways.
The control server works just like the request server, except that it has some additional commands; in fact, it's the same program. The two addresses are only separated to avoid users making mistakes and causing problems while merely trying to request information.
Please see the
introduction to
the request server
available on the World Wide Web, in the file
bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt
, or by sending
help
to either mailserver, for details of the basics of
operating the mailservers and the common commands available when
mailing either address.
The reference card for the
mailservers is available via the WWW, in
bug-mailserver-refcard.txt
or by email using the
refcard
command).
close
bugnumber
A notification is sent to the user who reported the bug, but (in
contrast to mailing bugnumber-done
) the
text of the mail which caused the bug to be closed is not
included in that notification. The maintainer who closes a report
should ensure, probably by sending a separate message, that the user
who reported the bug knows why it is being closed.
reassign
bugnumber package
reopen
bugnumber
[ originator-address | =
| !
]
By default, or if you specify =
, the original submitter is
still as the originator of the report, so that they will get the ack
when it is closed again.
If you supply an originator-address the originator will be
set to the address you supply. If you wish to become the new
originator of the reopened report you can use the !
shorthand or specify your own email address.
It is usually a good idea to tell the person who is about to be recorded as the originator that you're reopening the report, so that they will know to expect the ack which they'll get when it is closed again.
If the bug is not closed then reopen won't do anything, not even change the originator. There is no way to change the originator of an open bug report (this is deliberate, so that you can't have a bug be closed and then deleted 28 days later without someone being told about it).
forwarded
bugnumber address
notforwarded
bugnumber
retitle
bugnumber new-title
Subject
mail header from the original report.
Unlike most of the other bug-manipulation commands when used on one of a set of merged reports this will change the title of only the individual bug requested, and not all those with which it is merged.
severity
bugnumber severity
For their meanings please consult the general developers' documentation for the bug system.
merge
bugnumber bugnumber ...
Before bugs can be merged they must be in exactly the same state:
either all open or all closed, with the same forwarded-to upstream
author address or all not marked as forwarded, and all assigned to the
same package or package(s) (an exact string comparison is done on the
package to which the bug is assigned). If they don't start out in the
same state you should use reassign
, reopen
and so forth to make sure that they are before using
merge
.
If any of the bugs listed in a merge
command is already
merged with another bug then all the reports merged with any of the
ones listed will all be merged together. Merger is like equality: it
is reflexive, transitive and symmetric.
Merging reports causes a note to appear on each report's logs; on the WWW pages this is includes links to the other bugs.
Merged reports are all expired simultaneously, and only when all of the reports each separately meet the criteria for expiry.
unmerge
bugnumber
If many bug reports are merged and you wish to split them into two separate groups of merged reports you must unmerge each report in one of the new groups separately and then merge them into the required new group.
You can only unmerge one report with each unmerge
command; if you want to disconnect more than one bug simply include
several unmerge
commands in your message.
Debian bug tracking system
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copyright 1994-1997 Ian Jackson,
copyright 1995 Steven Brenner.
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