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The Debian Linux distribution has a bug tracking system which files
details of bugs reported by users and developers. Each bug is given a
number, and is kept on file until it is marked as having been dealt with.
Copies of this information are available at
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/.
A mail server provides access to the bug tracking system database via
e-mail. In order to get the instructions send an e-mail to
request@bugs.debian.org with "help" in the body.
If you have found a bug in Debian, please read the instructions for reporting
a bug in Debian. These instructions can be obtained in one of several ways:
- By anonymous ftp. Debian mirror sites contain the instructions in the
file
doc/bug-reporting.txt.
- From the WWW. A copy of the instructions is shown at
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting.html
- On any Debian system with the
doc-debian package installed.
The instructions are in the file /usr/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt.
Use these mail addresses for bugs:
- submit@bugs.debian.org: for general bug reports. Expect to
get an automatic acknowledgement of your bug report. It will also be
automatically given a bug tracking number, entered into the bug log
and forwarded to the debian-devel mailing list.
- maintonly@bugs.debian.org: to send bug reports to the maintainer
only. It will not be forwarded to the debian-devel mailing list.
For example, if one were to identify a bug that was common to many programs,
then rather than entering dozens of bug reports, one might prefer to
send individual bugs to maintonly, then send a summary report to
debian-devel.
- quiet@bugs.debian.org: to submit bug reports to the bug log only,
without having them sent either to debian-devel or to the maintainer.
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