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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title> Debian bug tracking system </title> <link rel="author" href="mailto:webmaster@debian.org"> <meta name="Generator" content="WML 2.32.0"> <meta name="Modified" content="2024-11-09 19:25:57"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> <meta name="mobileoptimized" content="300"> <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true"> <script type="text/javascript" src="hashbug_redirect.js"></script> <link href="../debian.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="../debian-en.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Debian website search" href="../search.en.xml"> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <div id="upperheader"> <div id="logo"> <a href="../" title="Debian Home"><img src="../Pics/openlogo-50.png" alt="Debian" width="50" height="61"></a> </div>  <div id="searchbox"> <form name="p" method="get" action="https://search.debian.org/cgi-bin/omega"> <p> <input type="hidden" name="DB" value="en"> <input name="P" value="" size="14"> <input type="submit" value="Search"> </p> </form> </div>  </div>   <div id="navbar"> <p class="hidecss"><a href="#content">Skip Quicknav</a></p> <ul>  <li><a href="https://bits.debian.org/" title="Bits from Debian">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://micronews.debian.org" title="Micronews from Debian">Micronews</a></li> <li><a href="https://planet.debian.org/" title="The Planet of Debian">Planet</a></li> </ul> </div>  <p id="breadcrumbs"> Debian bug tracking system</p> </div>   <div id="content"> <h1>Debian bug tracking system</h1> <p>Debian has a bug tracking system (BTS) in which we file 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.</p> <h2>How to report a bug in Debian</h2> <p>A separate page has instructions and tips on <a href="Reporting">how to report a bug</a> if you encounter problems in the Debian distribution.</p> <h2>Bug tracking system documentation</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Developer">Advanced information on how to use the system</a></li> <li><a href="server-control">Information on manipulating bugs by email</a></li> <li><a href="server-refcard">Mailservers' reference card</a></li> <li><a href="Access">Ways of accessing the bug report logs</a></li> <li><a href="server-request">Requesting bug reports by email</a></li> </ul> <h2>Viewing bug reports on the WWW</h2> <p style="text-align:center"> <img src="https://qa.debian.org/data/bts/graphs/all.png?m=0.8&h=250&w=600" alt="Bug count for all"> </p> <p>Find a bug by <strong>number</strong>: <br> <a name="bugreport"></a> <form method="get" action="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi"> <p> <input type="text" size="9" name="bug" value=""> <label><input type="checkbox" name="mbox" value="yes"> as mbox</label> <label><input type="checkbox" name="trim" value="no"> show all headers</label> <label><input type="checkbox" name="boring" value="yes"> show boring messages</label> <input type="submit" value="Find"> </p> </form> <h2>Select bug reports on the WWW</h2> <a name="pkgreport"></a> <form method="get" action="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi"><p style="display:none"><input type="hidden" name="_fo_combine_key_fo_searchkey_value_fo_searchvalue" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="form_options" value="1"></p> <table class="forms" summary=""> <tr><td><h2>Select bugs</h2> </td> <td> <span style="white-space:nowrap"><select name="_fo_searchkey"><option value="package" selected>in package</option><option value="tag">tagged</option><option value="severity">with severity</option><option value="src">in source package</option><option value="maint">in packages maintained by</option><option value="submitter">submitted by</option><option value="owner">owned by</option><option value="status">with status</option><option value="correspondent">with mail from</option><option value="newest">newest bugs</option></select><input type="text" name="_fo_searchvalue" value=""></span><br> </td> <td> <p>More selections can be added after the first search. If a later selection is on the same search field, the results are ORed. If it is on a different field, the results are ANDed.</p> <p>Valid severities are <code>critical</code>, <code>grave</code>, <code>serious</code>, <code>important</code>, <code>normal</code>, <code>minor</code>, <code>wishlist</code>, <code>fixed</code>.</p> <p>Valid tags are <code>patch</code>, <code>wontfix</code>, <code>moreinfo</code>, <code>unreproducible</code>, <code>help</code>, <code>security</code>, <code>upstream</code>, <code>pending</code>, <code>confirmed</code>, <code>ipv6</code>, <code>lfs</code>, <code>d-i</code>, <code>l10n</code>, <code>newcomer</code>, <code>a11y</code>, <code>ftbfs</code>, <code>fixed-upstream</code>, <code>fixed</code>, <code>fixed-in-experimental</code>, <code>potato</code>, <code>woody</code>, <code>sarge</code>, <code>etch</code>, <code>lenny</code>, <code>squeeze</code>, <code>wheezy</code>, <code>jessie</code>, <code>stretch</code>, <code>buster</code>, <code>bullseye</code>, <code>bookworm</code>, <code>trixie</code>, <code>forky</code>, <code>sid</code>, <code>experimental</code>, <code>sarge-ignore</code>, <code>etch-ignore</code>, <code>lenny-ignore</code>, <code>squeeze-ignore</code>, <code>wheezy-ignore</code>, <code>jessie-ignore</code>, <code>stretch-ignore</code>, <code>buster-ignore</code>, <code>bullseye-ignore</code>, <code>bookworm-ignore</code>, <code>trixie-ignore</code> <code>forky-ignore</code> .</p> </td> </tr> <tr><td><h2>Include Bugs</h2></td> <td> <input type="hidden" name="_fo_concatenate_into_include_fo_includekey_fo_includevalue" value="1"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><select name="_fo_includekey"><option value="subject">with subject containing</option><option value="tags">tagged</option><option value="severity">with severity</option><option value="pending">with pending state</option><option value="originator">with submitter containing</option><option value="forwarded">with forwarded containing</option><option value="owner">with owner containing</option><option value="package">with package</option></select><input type="text" name="_fo_includevalue" value=""></span> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr><td><h2>Exclude Bugs</h2></td> <td> <input type="hidden" name="_fo_concatenate_into_exclude_fo_excludekey_fo_excludevalue" value="1"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><select name="_fo_excludekey"><option value="subject">with subject containing</option><option value="tags">tagged</option><option value="severity">with severity</option><option value="pending">with pending state</option><option value="originator">with submitter containing</option><option value="forwarded">with forwarded containing</option><option value="owner">with owner containing</option><option value="package">with package</option></select><input type="text" name="_fo_excludevalue" value=""></span> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr><td><h2>Order by</h2></td> <td> <select name="ordering"><option value="normal" selected>normal</option><option value="oldview">oldview</option><option value="raw">raw</option><option value="age">age</option></select> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr><td><h2>Misc options</h2></td> <td> <input type="checkbox" name="repeatmerged"> Repeat Merged<br><input type="checkbox" name="bug-rev"> Reverse Bugs<br><input type="checkbox" name="pend-rev"> Reverse Pending<br><input type="checkbox" name="sev-rev"> Reverse Severity<br><input type="checkbox" name="noaffects"> No Bugs which affect packages<br><select name="dist"><option value=""> None</option><option value="testing"> testing</option><option value="oldstable"> oldstable</option><option value="stable"> stable</option><option value="experimental"> experimental</option><option value="unstable" selected> unstable</option></select><select name="archive"><option value="0" selected>Unarchived</option><option value="1">Archived</option><option value="both">Archived and Unarchived</option></select> </td> </tr> <tr><td><h2>Submit</h2></td><td colspan="2"> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </td></tr> </table> </form> <p>The above queries can also be made by visiting URLs of the following forms, respectively:</p> <ul> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/<var>number</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/mbox:<var>number</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/<var>package</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/src:<var>sourcepackage</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/<var>maintainer@email.address</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/from:<var>submitter@email.address</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/severity:<var>severity</var></tt></li> <li><tt>https://bugs.debian.org/tag:<var>tag</var></tt></li> </ul> <h2>Searching bug reports</h2> <p>The Ultimate Debian Database (UDD) provides a multi-criteria <a href="https://udd.debian.org/bugs/">search engine for bugs</a>.</p> <p>Another way to search bug reports is to use <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/forum/linux.debian.bugs.dist">Google Groups</a>. </p> <p>Alternative sites that allow searching for bug reports include <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/">The Mail Archive</a>.</p> <h2>Supplementary information</h2> <p>The current list of <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/"> Release Critical Bugs</a>.</p> <p>The current list of <a href="pseudo-packages">pseudo-packages</a> recognized by the Debian bug tracking system.</p> <p>The following bug report indices are available:</p> <ul> <li>Packages with <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=pkg">active</a> and <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=pkg&archive=yes">archived</a> bug reports.</li> <li>Source packages with <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=src">active</a> and <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=src&archive=yes">archived</a> bug reports.</li> <li>Maintainers of packages with <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=maint">active</a> and <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=maint&archive=yes">archived</a> bug reports.</li> <li>Submitters of <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=submitter">active</a> and <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgindex.cgi?indexon=submitter&archive=yes">archived</a> bug reports.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Note:</strong> some of the previously available indices of bug reports aren't available due to internal problems with the program that generated them. We apologize for the inconvenience.</p> <h2>Spam Reports</h2> <p>The Bug Tracking system often receives spam. To report spam in the bug tracking system, find the bug report <a href="#bugreport">by number</a>, and click "this bug log contains spam" near the bottom.</p> <hr> <address> Debian BTS administrators <<a href="mailto:owner@bugs.debian.org">owner@bugs.debian.org</a>> </address> <p>Debian bug tracking system<br> Copyright © 1999 Darren O. 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