querybts(1) querybts(1) NAME querybts - view outstanding bug reports on a debbugs server SYNOPSIS querybts [options] 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 num bers. 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. -v, --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. You can specify help to get a list of supported servers. -m, --mbox Retrieve the given bug number 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 query of 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. -w, --web Launch a web browser to view bug reports, instead of using the internal interface. This will also allow you to see all of the discussion about a particular bug, instead of the initial report. (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 sensi tive, and currently take 0 or 1 arguments; arguments containing whites pace must be enclosed in quotes. Any line starting with # is taken to be a comment and will be ignored. Generally, options corresponding to the GNU long options for querybts are supported, without leading -- sequences. See the default /etc/reportbug.conf for all acceptable options. Options only supported by reportbug will be silently ignored. ENVIRONMENT BROWSER Colon-separated list of web browsers to try; they will be tried in order, until one succeeds. You can use %s to substitute the URL to be used, and %% to insert a literal percent sign. If no %s is specified, the URL will be supplied as a normal argument. 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 omit ting a port other than 80, WILL NOT WORK). NOTES Pythons getopt module is pickier than GNU getopt() about the order of command line arguments; all switches must be specified before the pack age name. You must have the python-newt package installed to run this program. SEE ALSO reportbug(1), reportbug.conf(5) AUTHOR Chris Lawrence . querybts(1)