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apport-bug(1)						      General Commands Manual						     apport-bug(1)

NAME

       apport-bug, apport-collect - file a bug report using Apport, or update an existing report

SYNOPSIS

       apport-bug

       apport-bug symptom | pid | package | program path | .apport/.crash file

       apport-collect report-number

DESCRIPTION

       apport-bug  reports problems to your distribution's bug tracking system, using Apport to collect a lot of local information about your sys-
       tem to help the developers to fix the problem and avoid unnecessary question/answer turnarounds.

       You should always start with running apport-bug without arguments, which will present a list of known symptoms. This will generate the most
       useful bug reports.

       If  there is no matching symptom, you need to determine the affected program or package yourself. You can provide a package name or program
       name to apport-bug, e. g.:

	   apport-bug firefox
	   apport-bug /usr/bin/unzip

       In order to add more information to the bug report that could help the developers to fix the problem, you can also  specify  a  process	ID
       instead:

	   $ pidof gnome-terminal
	   5139
	   $ apport-bug 5139

       As  a  special  case,  to  report  a  bug  against  the	Linux  kernel,	you  do  not  need  to	use  the full package name (such as linux-
       image-2.6.28-4-generic); you can just use

	   apport-bug linux

       to report a bug against the currently running kernel.

       Finally, you can use this program to report a previously stored crash or bug report:

	   apport-bug /var/crash/_bin_bash.1000.crash
	   apport-bug /tmp/apport.firefox.332G9t.apport

       Bug reports can be written to a file by using the --save option	or by using apport-cli.

       apport-bug detects whether KDE or Gnome is running and calls apport-gtk or apport-kde accordingly. If neither is available, or the  session
       does not run under X11, it calls apport-cli for a command-line client.

UPDATING EXISTING REPORTS

       apport-collect  collects  the same information as apport-bug, but adds it to an already reported problem you have submitted. This is useful
       if the report was not originally filed through Apport, and the developers ask you to attach information from your system.

OPTIONS

       Please see the apport-cli(1) manpage for possible options.

ENVIRONMENT

       APPORT_IGNORE_OBSOLETE_PACKAGES
	      Apport refuses to create bug reports if the package or any dependency is not current. If this  environment  variable  is	set,  this
	      check  is  waived.  Experts who will thoroughly check the situation before filing a bug report can define this in their ~/.bashrc or
	      temporarily on the command line when calling apport-bug.

SEE ALSO

       apport-cli(1)

AUTHOR

       apport and the accompanying tools are developed by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.

Martin Pitt							September 08, 2009						     apport-bug(1)

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import-bug-from-debian(1)				      General Commands Manual					 import-bug-from-debian(1)

NAME

       import-bug-from-debian - Import bugs from Debian's BTS, and file them against Ubuntu in LP.

SYNOPSIS

       import-bug-from-debian [options] bug...
       import-bug-from-debian -h

DESCRIPTION

       import-bug-from-debian  clones  bugs  from Debian's BTS into Launchpad. Each bug listed on the command line has its initial report re-filed
       against the same source package in Ubuntu.  The Ubuntu bug is linked back to its Debian counterpart.

       Each bug may be provided either as a bug number or URL.

OPTIONS

       -b, --browserless
	      Don't open the bug in a browser at the end.

       -h, --help
	      Display a help message and exit.

       -l INSTANCE, --lpinstance=INSTANCE
	      Use the specified instance of Launchpad (e.g. "staging"), instead of the default of "production".

       -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE
	      Launchpad package to file bug against, if not the same source package name as Debian.   Useful  for  importing  removal  bugs  filed
	      against ftp.debian.org.

       --no-conf
	      Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.

ENVIRONMENT

       All  of	the  CONFIGURATION  VARIABLES  below are also supported as environment variables.  Variables in the environment take precedence to
       those in configuration files.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

       The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files.  In  each  case,  the  script-specific
       variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.

       IMPORT_BUG_FROM_DEBIAN_LPINSTANCE, UBUNTUTOOLS_LPINSTANCE
	      The default value for --lpinstance.

SEE ALSO

       ubuntu-dev-tools(5)

AUTHORS

       import-bug-from-debian  was  written  by  James	Westby <james.westby@ubuntu.com>, and this manual page was written by Stefano Rivera <ste-
       fanor@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.

ubuntu-dev-tools						 September 21 2010					 import-bug-from-debian(1)
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