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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 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 document, and not in a different  locale;
       this  is  particularly  important  in  situations  where  localized  characters have to be used (like for
       realname).

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 --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 Debian package lists should be queried for newer releases of the package.  In advanced and
              expert mode, https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html is 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.

       draftpath
              The directory where unsubmitted reports should be saved. The default is /tmp.

       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"

       envelopefrom
              Specify the Envelope From mail header (also known  as  Return-path);  by  default  it's  the  From
              address but it can be selected a different one in case the MTA doesn't canonicalize local users to
              public addresses. This can be set to the empty string if  the  MTA  does  not  allow  setting  the
              Envelope From.

       list-cc-me (boolean)
              Send  a  carbon  copy  of  the  report to your automatically detected email address after a report
              number is assigned, like the --list-cc-me option.

       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. Example:

              mbox_reader_cmd "mutt -f %s"

       header Additional headers to add to the bug email.  Like:

              header "X-Silly-Header: I haven't edited my /etc/reportbug.conf"
              header "X-Debbugs-No-Ack: please" # to suppress acknowledgments

              Note that setting additional headers may not work reliably if  the  bug  email  is  passed  to  an
              external MUA for submission.

       http_proxy
              Default  HTTP proxy used to query the BTS (override with environment variables, see reportbug(1)).
              Example:

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

       justification
              The justification in case of a Release Critical bug  (severity  either  'critical',  'serious'  or
              'grave'). Example:

              justification "text here"

       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).

       max_attachment_size
              The max size any attachment can have. Example:

              max_attachment_size 5000000

       mh     Use the mh mailer.

       mirror The address of a BTS mirror. Example:

              mirror http://mirror.address/

       mode [novice|standard|advanced|expert]
              The default operating mode for reportbug(1).

       mta    The path to the MTA used.  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.

       paranoid
              Paranoid mode: print the whole email envelope before sending it.

       printonly
              Print the report on screen, don't sent it.

       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|gnupg|none]
              Program used to digitally sign bug reports automatically ('none' to disable it).

       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  for  the SMTP connection, using STARTTLS. This setting is ignored if you
              connect to port 465, in which case SSL/TLS will always be used.

       submit Use submit as the bug submission address.

       template
              Use the template mode, bypasses all prompts and the output it sent to stdout.

       timeout
              The number of seconds to wait for a network resource  to  respond.  The  default  is  60  seconds.
              Example:

              timeout 30

       ui [text|urwid|gtk]
              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> and it's  now  maintained  by  Sandro  Tosi
       <morph@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.

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