Annotation of src/usr.bin/sendbug/sendbug.1, Revision 1.9
1.9 ! ray 1: .\" $OpenBSD: sendbug.1,v 1.8 2007/03/23 15:40:12 jmc Exp $
1.1 ray 2: .\"
3: .\" Written by Raymond Lai <ray@cyth.net>.
4: .\" Public domain.
5: .\"
6: .Dd March 22, 2007
7: .Dt SENDBUG 1
8: .Os
9: .Sh NAME
10: .Nm sendbug
11: .Nd report a bug in
12: .Ox
13: .Sh SYNOPSIS
14: .Nm
1.5 ray 15: .Op Fl LPV
1.1 ray 16: .Sh DESCRIPTION
17: .Nm
18: is used to send bug reports to
19: .Ox .
20: Some system information is filled out in a temporary file,
21: which is then opened by an editor.
22: See
23: .Ev EDITOR
24: below,
25: for details of which editor, if any, is invoked.
26: .Pp
27: Once the bug report is filled out,
1.6 ray 28: it can be sent to the
1.1 ray 29: .Ox
1.6 ray 30: developers, re-edited, or aborted.
31: If aborted,
32: the report is not deleted and the pathname of the report is printed.
1.2 deraadt 33: .Pp
34: The options are as follows:
35: .Bl -tag -width Ds
36: .It Fl L
1.6 ray 37: Print the list of available categories.
1.2 deraadt 38: .It Fl P
1.6 ray 39: Generate and print the template with system information filled out.
1.2 deraadt 40: .It Fl V
1.6 ray 41: Print the version number.
1.2 deraadt 42: .El
43: .Pp
44: The bugs database can be queried using the online bug tracking system
45: available at
46: .Pa http://www.openbsd.org/query-pr.html .
47: This allows users to search for PRs based on either their PR number
48: or content.
1.1 ray 49: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
50: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.9 ! ray 51: .It Ev EDITOR , VISUAL
1.1 ray 52: Specifies an editor to use.
1.9 ! ray 53: If both
1.1 ray 54: .Ev EDITOR
1.9 ! ray 55: and
! 56: .Ev VISUAL
! 57: are set,
! 58: .Ev VISUAL
! 59: takes precedence.
! 60: If neither
! 61: .Ev EDITOR
! 62: nor
! 63: .Ev VISUAL
! 64: are set,
1.1 ray 65: the default is
66: .Xr vi 1 .
1.4 ray 67: .It Ev PR_FORM
68: Filename of PR form to use instead of using the built-in form.
69: Such a PR form can be partially pre-completed to make the
70: process faster.
1.1 ray 71: .It Ev TMPDIR
72: Specifies a directory for temporary files to be created.
73: The default is
74: .Pa /tmp .
75: .El
1.7 ray 76: .Sh FILES
77: .Bl -tag -width "/tmp/p.XXXXXXXXXX" -compact
78: .It Pa /tmp/p.XXXXXXXXXX
79: temporary PR report
1.8 jmc 80: .El
1.1 ray 81: .Sh AUTHORS
82: .Nm
83: was written from scratch for the public domain by
84: .An Ray Lai Aq ray@cyth.net .