Retrieve bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System using apt-listbugs
Posted by Admin on November 25th, 2006
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Install apt-listbugs in debian
#apt-get install apt-listbugs
Install apt-listbugs in Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install apt-listbugs
apt-listbugs Syntax
apt-listbugs [options] [arguments]
Available options
Options:
-h : Display this help and exit.
-s <severities> : Severities you want to see [critical,grave,serious].
-T <tags> : Tags you want to see.
-S <stats> : Stats you want to see [forwarded,done,pending,].
-D : Show downgraded packages, too.
-H <hostname> : Hostname of Debian Bug Tracking System [bugs.debian.org].
-p <port> : Port number of the server [80]
--indexdir : Directory where index.db located [/indices/]
--pin-priority : Specifies Pin-Priority value [1000]
--title : Specifies the title of rss output.
-f : Retrieve bug reports from BTS forcibly.
-q : Don't display progress bar.
-c <dir> : Specify cache_dir [/var/cache/apt-listbugs/].
-t <minutes> : Specify cache expire timer in minutes[60].
-C <apt.conf> : Specify apt.conf.
-y : Assume that you select yes for all questions.
-n : Assume that you select no for all questions.
Commands:
apt : apt mode
list <pkg...> : list bug reports of the specified packages
rss <pkg...> : list bug reports of the specified packages in rss
Example
I am trying to install apt-listchanges in etch
#apt-get install apt-listchanges
Reading package fields… Done
Reading package status… Done
Retrieving bug reports… Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information… Done
grave bugs of python-central (-> 0.5.8)
#396366 – duplicity: fails to install Merged with: 396158
Summary:python-central(1 bug)
You can see in the above example 1 bug reported for this package
If you want to know more options available for apt-listbugs check man page here
November 25th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Hi,
I want to use apt-listbugs as command line tool and don’t want it to list bugs on every upgrade? Now how do I achieve that.
TIA
–arky