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NAME
       reportbug.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(1) 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


FILE FORMAT
       Configuration options can be specified in the form

       option-name option-value

       True/false (boolean) options can be specified as

       boolean-option

       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:

       af     Use the af mailer

       bts    The  bug  tracking system to use, see reportbug --bts help 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,
              incoming.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

              editor "emacs -nw"

       email  Default   "From:"  address  of  the  bug  email  (override  with
              environment variables, see reportbug(1))

              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
              environment variables, see reportbug(1))

              http_proxy http://proxy.example.com:3128/

       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  mailer  to  use  (the  default is empty, to use an internal
              mailer).  Takes an argument like that to --mua in reportbug(1)

              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))

              realname "Humberto Flores III"

       replyto
              The  default  "Reply-To:"  in  the  bug  email  (override   with
              environment variables.  See reportbug(1))

              replyto "Humberto Flores <humflores@example.org>"

       severity                    [critical|grave|serious|important|does-not-
       build|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

              smtphost mail.example.com:2525

              Use smtphost localhost to enable the internal MTA

       smtppasswd
              The password to use for SMTP

              smtppasswd f10r35

       smtpuser
              The username to use for SMTP

              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|newt]
              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 ALSO
       reportbug(1), querybts(1)


AUTHOR
       reportbug was written by Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>

       This   manual   page   was   written   by   Y   Giridhar   Appaji   Nag
       <giridhar@appaji.net>  for  the  Debian  project,  but  may  be used by
       others.

       Last modified: 2007-12-20 by Y Giridhar Appaji Nag