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NAME

       querybts - view outstanding bug reports on a debbugs server

SYNOPSIS

       querybts [options] <package | number [number2]...>

DESCRIPTION

       querybts  is  designed  to  provide  a  convenient  and easy-to-use interface to the Debbugs bug tracking
       system, as used by Debian and several other projects.  You can specify a package  name  or  one  or  more
       report numbers.

OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`--').
       A summary of options are included below.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       --version
              Show the version of querybts and exit.

       -A, --archive
              Browse archived bugs instead of current reports.  Debbugs servers clear out closed  reports  after
              28  days and place them in a separate archive; this option allows those older, resolved reports to
              be viewed (at least for servers that maintain an archive).

       -B SYSTEM, --bts=SYSTEM
              Instead of the Debian bug server, use the server specified by SYSTEM.  Valid options  are  default
              and debian but check --help for an updated list.

       -b, --buglist
              Display a bugs list for the given package.

       --latest-first
              Display the bug reports list sorted and with the latest reports at the top.

       --mbox-reader-cmd=MBOX_READER_CMD
              Specify a command to open the bug reports mbox file. You can use %s to substitute the mbox file to
              be used, and %% to insert a literal percent sign. If no %s is specified, the  mbox  file  name  is
              supplied at the end of the argument list.

       -m, --mbox
              Retrieve  the  given bug number(s) or package name(s) as a mailbox file, instead of viewing it. It
              will be dumped to standard output.

       --proxy=PROXY, --http_proxy=PROXY
              Specify the WWW proxy server to use to handle the queries to the bug tracking system.  You  should
              only need this parameter if you are behind a firewall.

       -s, --source
              Query on source packages, rather than binary packages.

       --timeout=SECONDS
              Specify  the  network timeout, the number of seconds to wait for a resource to respond. If nothing
              is specified, a default timeout of 1 minute is selected.

              In case of a network error, there are chances it's due to a  too  low  timeout:  try  passing  the
              --timeout option with a higher value than default.

       -u INTERFACE, --ui=INTERFACE, --interface=INTERFACE
              Specify  the user interface to use.  Valid options are text, urwid, gtk; default is taken from the
              reportbug configuration files.

       -w, --web
              Launch a web browser to view bug reports, instead of using the internal interface.  This will also
              allow  you to see the whole discussion about a particular bug at once, instead of one message at a
              time as querybts would do.  (Only the first bug number on the command line will be opened.)

CONFIGURATION FILES

       querybts supports a simple run control file syntax.   Commands  are  read  from  /etc/reportbug.conf  and
       $HOME/.reportbugrc with commands in the latter overriding those in the former.

       Commands are not case sensitive, and currently take 0 or 1 argument; arguments containing whitespace must
       be enclosed in quotes.

       Any line starting with # is taken to be a comment and will be ignored.

       Generally, options corresponding to the long options for  querybts  are  supported,  without  leading  --
       sequences.   See the default /etc/reportbug.conf for all acceptable options and reportbug.conf(5) for all
       acceptable options and detailed information.

       Options only supported by reportbug will be silently ignored.

ENVIRONMENT

       http_proxy
              Provides the address of a proxy server to handle the BTS query.  This should be a valid  http  URL
              for  a proxy server, including any required port number (simply specifying a hostname, or omitting
              a port other than 80, WILL NOT WORK).

SEE ALSO

       reportbug(1), reportbug.conf(5), bts(1)

AUTHOR

       Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>, Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>.

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