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diff --git a/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt b/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt index 9d40525a6..2d91407cf 100644 --- a/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt +++ b/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@ -The Bugzilla Guide - 2.17.5 Development Release -Matthew P. Barnson +The Bugzilla Guide - 2.17.5 Development ReleaseMatthew P. BarnsonJacob +SteenhagenThe Bugzilla Team -Jacob Steenhagen - -The Bugzilla Team - - 2003-10-31 +2003-10-31 This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the mozilla.org bug-tracking system. Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software that powers @@ -20,7 +16,7 @@ The Bugzilla Team This is a development version of this guide. Information in it is subject to change before the 2.18 release of this guide (which will correspond with the 2.18 release of Bugzilla). - _________________________________________________________________ + _______________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents 1. About This Guide @@ -119,13 +115,13 @@ Chapter 1. About This Guide - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document - under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or - any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no - Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover - Texts. A copy of the license is included in Appendix E. + Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document + under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or + any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no + Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover + Texts. A copy of the license is included in Appendix E. - --Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Matthew P. Barnson and The Bugzilla Team +--Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Matthew P. Barnson and The Bugzilla Team If you have any questions regarding this document, its copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, please contact The @@ -134,72 +130,67 @@ Chapter 1. About This Guide 1.2. Disclaimer - No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use - the concepts, examples, and other content at your own risk. This - document may contain errors and inaccuracies that may damage your - system, cause your partner to leave you, your boss to fire you, your - cats to pee on your furniture and clothing, and global thermonuclear - war. Proceed with caution. - - All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless - specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should - not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service - mark. - - Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as - endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We - wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux in every situation where - it is appropriate. It is an extremely versatile, stable, and robust - operating system that offers an ideal operating environment for - Bugzilla. - - You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system before - installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter. If you - implement any suggestion in this Guide, implement this one! - - Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to ensure - that all easily-exploitable bugs or options are documented or fixed in - the code, security holes surely exist. Great care should be taken both - in the installation and usage of this software. Carefully consider the - implications of installing other network services with Bugzilla. The - Bugzilla development team members, Netscape Communications, America - Online Inc., and any affiliated developers or sponsors assume no - liability for your use of this product. You have the source code to - this product, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to ensure - your security needs are met. +No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use the +concepts, examples, and other content at your own risk. This document may +contain errors and inaccuracies that may damage your system, cause your +partner to leave you, your boss to fire you, your cats to pee on your +furniture and clothing, and global thermonuclear war. Proceed with caution. + +All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless specifically +noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as +affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. + +Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements, +with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We wholeheartedly endorse the +use of GNU/Linux in every situation where it is appropriate. It is an +extremely versatile, stable, and robust operating system that offers an +ideal operating environment for Bugzilla. + +You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system before +installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter. If you implement +any suggestion in this Guide, implement this one! + +Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to ensure that +all easily-exploitable bugs or options are documented or fixed in the code, +security holes surely exist. Great care should be taken both in the +installation and usage of this software. Carefully consider the implications +of installing other network services with Bugzilla. The Bugzilla development +team members, Netscape Communications, America Online Inc., and any +affiliated developers or sponsors assume no liability for your use of this +product. You have the source code to this product, and are responsible for +auditing it yourself to ensure your security needs are met. _________________________________________________________________ 1.3. New Versions - This is the 2.17.5 version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named to - match the current version of Bugzilla. This version of the guide, like - its associated Bugzilla version is a development version. Information - is subject to change between now and when 2.18 is released. If you are - reading this from any source other than those below, please check one - of these mirrors to make sure you are reading an up-to-date version of - the Guide. +This is the 2.17.5 version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named to match +the current version of Bugzilla. This version of the guide, like its +associated Bugzilla version is a development version. Information is subject +to change between now and when 2.18 is released. If you are reading this +from any source other than those below, please check one of these mirrors to +make sure you are reading an up-to-date version of the Guide. - The newest version of this guide can always be found at - http://www.bugzilla.org; including documentation for past releases and - the current development version. +The newest version of this guide can always be found at +http://www.bugzilla.org; including documentation for past releases and the +current development version. - The documentation for the most recent stable release of Bugzilla can - also be found at The Linux Documentation Project. +The documentation for the most recent stable release of Bugzilla can also be +found at The Linux Documentation Project. - The latest version of this document can always be checked out via CVS. - Please follow the Mozilla CVS instructions and check out the - mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/ subtree. +The latest version of this document can always be checked out via CVS. +Please follow the Mozilla CVS instructions and check out the +mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/ subtree. - The Bugzilla Guide is currently only available in English. If you - would like to volunteer to translate it, please contact Dave Miller. +The Bugzilla Guide is currently only available in English. If you would like +to volunteer to translate it, please contact Dave Miller. _________________________________________________________________ 1.4. Credits - The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the - creation of this Guide, through their writing, dedicated hacking - efforts, numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall - excellent contribution to the Bugzilla community: +The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the creation of +this Guide, through their writing, dedicated hacking efforts, numerous +e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent contribution to the +Bugzilla community: Matthew P. Barnson <mbarnson@sisna.com> for the Herculaean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide @@ -240,33 +231,29 @@ Chapter 1. About This Guide 1.5. Document Conventions - This document uses the following conventions: +This document uses the following conventions: Descriptions Appearance Warnings - Caution - Don't run with scissors! + Don't run with scissors! Hint - Tip - Would you like a breath mint? + Would you like a breath mint? Notes - Note - Dear John... + Dear John... Information requiring special attention - Warning - Read this or the cat gets it. + Read this or the cat gets it. File Names filename Directory Names directory Commands to be typed command @@ -278,29 +265,28 @@ Chapter 1. About This Guide Emphasized word word Term found in the glossary Bugzilla Code Example - <para> - Beginning and end of paragraph - </para> +<para> +Beginning and end of paragraph +</para> _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2. Introduction 2.1. What is Bugzilla? - Bugzilla is a bug- or issue-tracking system. Bug-tracking systems - allow individual or groups of developers effectively to keep track of - outstanding problems with their product. Bugzilla was originally - written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called TCL, to - replace a rudimentary bug-tracking database used internally by - Netscape Communications. Terry later ported Bugzilla to Perl from TCL, - and in Perl it remains to this day. Most commercial defect-tracking - software vendors at the time charged enormous licensing fees, and - Bugzilla quickly became a favorite of the open-source crowd (with its - genesis in the open-source browser project, Mozilla). It is now the - de-facto standard defect-tracking system against which all others are - measured. - - Bugzilla boasts many advanced features. These include: +Bugzilla is a bug- or issue-tracking system. Bug-tracking systems allow +individual or groups of developers effectively to keep track of outstanding +problems with their product. Bugzilla was originally written by Terry +Weissman in a programming language called TCL, to replace a rudimentary +bug-tracking database used internally by Netscape Communications. Terry +later ported Bugzilla to Perl from TCL, and in Perl it remains to this day. +Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors at the time charged +enormous licensing fees, and Bugzilla quickly became a favorite of the +open-source crowd (with its genesis in the open-source browser project, +Mozilla). It is now the de-facto standard defect-tracking system against +which all others are measured. + +Bugzilla boasts many advanced features. These include: * Powerful searching * User-configurable email notifications of bug changes @@ -318,68 +304,63 @@ Chapter 2. Introduction 2.2. Why Should We Use Bugzilla? - For many years, defect-tracking software has remained principally the - domain of large software development houses. Even then, most shops - never bothered with bug-tracking software, and instead simply relied - on shared lists and email to monitor the status of defects. This - procedure is error-prone and tends to cause those bugs judged least - significant by developers to be dropped or ignored. - - These days, many companies are finding that integrated defect-tracking - systems reduce downtime, increase productivity, and raise customer - satisfaction with their systems. Along with full disclosure, an open - bug-tracker allows manufacturers to keep in touch with their clients - and resellers, to communicate about problems effectively throughout - the data management chain. Many corporations have also discovered that - defect-tracking helps reduce costs by providing IT support - accountability, telephone support knowledge bases, and a common, - well-understood system for accounting for unusual system or software - issues. - - But why should you use Bugzilla? - - Bugzilla is very adaptable to various situations. Known uses currently - include IT support queues, Systems Administration deployment - management, chip design and development problem tracking (both - pre-and-post fabrication), and software and hardware bug tracking for - luminaries such as Redhat, NASA, Linux-Mandrake, and VA Systems. - Combined with systems such as CVS, Bonsai, or Perforce SCM, Bugzilla - provides a powerful, easy-to-use solution to configuration management - and replication problems. - - Bugzilla can dramatically increase the productivity and accountability - of individual employees by providing a documented workflow and - positive feedback for good performance. How many times do you wake up - in the morning, remembering that you were supposed to do something - today, but you just can't quite remember? Put it in Bugzilla, and you - have a record of it from which you can extrapolate milestones, predict - product versions for integration, and follow the discussion trail that - led to critical decisions. - - Ultimately, Bugzilla puts the power in your hands to improve your - value to your employer or business while providing a usable framework - for your natural attention to detail and knowledge store to flourish. +For many years, defect-tracking software has remained principally the domain +of large software development houses. Even then, most shops never bothered +with bug-tracking software, and instead simply relied on shared lists and +email to monitor the status of defects. This procedure is error-prone and +tends to cause those bugs judged least significant by developers to be +dropped or ignored. + +These days, many companies are finding that integrated defect-tracking +systems reduce downtime, increase productivity, and raise customer +satisfaction with their systems. Along with full disclosure, an open +bug-tracker allows manufacturers to keep in touch with their clients and +resellers, to communicate about problems effectively throughout the data +management chain. Many corporations have also discovered that +defect-tracking helps reduce costs by providing IT support accountability, +telephone support knowledge bases, and a common, well-understood system for +accounting for unusual system or software issues. + +But why should you use Bugzilla? + +Bugzilla is very adaptable to various situations. Known uses currently +include IT support queues, Systems Administration deployment management, +chip design and development problem tracking (both pre-and-post +fabrication), and software and hardware bug tracking for luminaries such as +Redhat, NASA, Linux-Mandrake, and VA Systems. Combined with systems such as +CVS, Bonsai, or Perforce SCM, Bugzilla provides a powerful, easy-to-use +solution to configuration management and replication problems. + +Bugzilla can dramatically increase the productivity and accountability of +individual employees by providing a documented workflow and positive +feedback for good performance. How many times do you wake up in the morning, +remembering that you were supposed to do something today, but you just can't +quite remember? Put it in Bugzilla, and you have a record of it from which +you can extrapolate milestones, predict product versions for integration, +and follow the discussion trail that led to critical decisions. + +Ultimately, Bugzilla puts the power in your hands to improve your value to +your employer or business while providing a usable framework for your +natural attention to detail and knowledge store to flourish. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla 3.1. How do I use Bugzilla? - This section contains information for end-users of Bugzilla. There is - a Bugzilla test installation, called Landfill, which you are welcome - to play with (if it's up.) However, it does not necessarily have all - Bugzilla features enabled, and often runs cutting-edge versions of - Bugzilla for testing, so some things may work slightly differently - than mentioned here. +This section contains information for end-users of Bugzilla. There is a +Bugzilla test installation, called Landfill, which you are welcome to play +with (if it's up.) However, it does not necessarily have all Bugzilla +features enabled, and often runs cutting-edge versions of Bugzilla for +testing, so some things may work slightly differently than mentioned here. _________________________________________________________________ 3.1.1. Create a Bugzilla Account - If you want to use Bugzilla, first you need to create an account. - Consult with the administrator responsible for your installation of - Bugzilla for the URL you should use to access it. If you're - test-driving Bugzilla, use this URL: - http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/. +If you want to use Bugzilla, first you need to create an account. Consult +with the administrator responsible for your installation of Bugzilla for the +URL you should use to access it. If you're test-driving Bugzilla, use this +URL: http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/. 1. Click the "Open a new Bugzilla account" link, enter your email address and, optionally, your name in the spaces provided, then @@ -399,12 +380,11 @@ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla 3.1.2. Anatomy of a Bug - The core of Bugzilla is the screen which displays a particular bug. - It's a good place to explain some Bugzilla concepts. Bug 1 on Landfill - is a good example. Note that the labels for most fields are - hyperlinks; clicking them will take you to context-sensitive help on - that particular field. Fields marked * may not be present on every - installation of Bugzilla. +The core of Bugzilla is the screen which displays a particular bug. It's a +good place to explain some Bugzilla concepts. Bug 1 on Landfill is a good +example. Note that the labels for most fields are hyperlinks; clicking them +will take you to context-sensitive help on that particular field. Fields +marked * may not be present on every installation of Bugzilla. 1. Product and Component: Bugs are divided up by Product and Component, with a Product having one or more Components in it. For @@ -412,22 +392,22 @@ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla several Components: Administration: Administration of a Bugzilla installation. - Bugzilla-General: Anything that doesn't fit in the other components, - or spans multiple components. + Bugzilla-General: Anything that doesn't fit in the other components, + or spans multiple components. Creating/Changing Bugs: Creating, changing, and viewing bugs. - Documentation: The Bugzilla documentation, including The Bugzilla - Guide. + Documentation: The Bugzilla documentation, including The Bugzilla + Guide. Email: Anything to do with email sent by Bugzilla. Installation: The installation process of Bugzilla. - Query/Buglist: Anything to do with searching for bugs and viewing the - buglists. + Query/Buglist: Anything to do with searching for bugs and viewing the + buglists. Reporting/Charting: Getting reports from Bugzilla. - User Accounts: Anything about managing a user account from the user's - perspective. Saved queries, creating accounts, changing passwords, - logging in, etc. - User Interface: General issues having to do with the user interface - cosmetics (not functionality) including cosmetic issues, HTML - templates, etc. + User Accounts: Anything about managing a user account from the user's + perspective. Saved queries, creating accounts, changing passwords, + logging in, etc. + User Interface: General issues having to do with the user interface + cosmetics (not functionality) including cosmetic issues, HTML + templates, etc. 2. Status and Resolution: These define exactly what state the bug is in - from not even being confirmed as a bug, through to being fixed and the fix confirmed by Quality Assurance. The different @@ -475,37 +455,35 @@ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla 3.1.3. Searching for Bugs - The Bugzilla Search page is is the interface where you can find any - bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. You - can play with it here: - http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi. +The Bugzilla Search page is is the interface where you can find any bug +report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. You can play +with it here: http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi. - The Search page has controls for selecting different possible values - for all of the fields in a bug, as described above. For some fields, - multiple values can be selected. In those cases, Bugzilla returns bugs - where the content of the field matches one of the selected values. If - none is selected, then the field can take any value. +The Search page has controls for selecting different possible values for all +of the fields in a bug, as described above. For some fields, multiple values +can be selected. In those cases, Bugzilla returns bugs where the content of +the field matches one of the selected values. If none is selected, then the +field can take any value. - Once you've defined a search, you can either run it, or save it as a - Remembered Query, which can optionally appear in the footer of your - pages. +Once you've defined a search, you can either run it, or save it as a +Remembered Query, which can optionally appear in the footer of your pages. - Highly advanced querying is done using Boolean Charts. +Highly advanced querying is done using Boolean Charts. _________________________________________________________________ 3.1.4. Bug Lists - If you run a search, a list of matching bugs will be returned. The - default search is to return all open bugs on the system - don't try - running this search on a Bugzilla installation with a lot of bugs! +If you run a search, a list of matching bugs will be returned. The default +search is to return all open bugs on the system - don't try running this +search on a Bugzilla installation with a lot of bugs! - The format of the list is configurable. For example, it can be sorted - by clicking the column headings. Other useful features can be accessed - using the links at the bottom of the list: +The format of the list is configurable. For example, it can be sorted by +clicking the column headings. Other useful features can be accessed using +the links at the bottom of the list: Long Format: this gives you a large page with a non-editable summary of the fields of each bug. - Change Columns: change the bug attributes which appear in the list. +Change Columns: change the bug attributes which appear in the list. Change several bugs at once: If your account is sufficiently empowered, you can make the same change to all the bugs in the list - for example, changing their owner. @@ -519,16 +497,15 @@ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla 3.1.5. Filing Bugs - Years of bug writing experience has been distilled for your reading - pleasure into the Bug Writing Guidelines. While some of the advice is - Mozilla-specific, the basic principles of reporting Reproducible, - Specific bugs, isolating the Product you are using, the Version of the - Product, the Component which failed, the Hardware Platform, and - Operating System you were using at the time of the failure go a long - way toward ensuring accurate, responsible fixes for the bug that bit - you. +Years of bug writing experience has been distilled for your reading pleasure +into the Bug Writing Guidelines. While some of the advice is +Mozilla-specific, the basic principles of reporting Reproducible, Specific +bugs, isolating the Product you are using, the Version of the Product, the +Component which failed, the Hardware Platform, and Operating System you were +using at the time of the failure go a long way toward ensuring accurate, +responsible fixes for the bug that bit you. - The procedure for filing a test bug is as follows: +The procedure for filing a test bug is as follows: 1. Go to Landfill in your browser and click Enter a new bug report. 2. Select a product - any one will do. @@ -538,28 +515,114 @@ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla 4. Select "Commit" and send in your bug report. _________________________________________________________________ +3.1.6. Patch Viewer + +Viewing and reviewing patches in Bugzilla is often difficult due to lack of +context, improper format and the inherent readability issues that raw +patches present. Patch Viewer is an enhancement to Bugzilla designed to fix +that by offering increased context, linking to sections, and integrating +with Bonsai, LXR and CVS. + +Patch viewer allows you to: + + View patches in color, with side-by-side view rather than trying to + interpret the contents of the patch. +See the difference between two patches. +Get more context in a patch. +Collapse and expand sections of a patch for easy reading. +Link to a particular section of a patch for discussion or review + Go to Bonsai or LXR to see more context, blame, and cross-references + for the part of the patch you are looking at + Create a rawtext unified format diff out of any patch, no matter what + format it came from + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.1. Viewing Patches in Patch Viewer + +The main way to view a patch in patch viewer is to click on the "Diff" link +next to a patch in the Attachments list on a bug. You may also do this +within the edit window by clicking the "View Attachment As Diff" button in +the Edit Attachment screen. + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.2. Seeing the Difference Between Two Patches + +To see the difference between two patches, you must first view the newer +patch in Patch Viewer. Then select the older patch from the dropdown at the +top of the page ("Differences between [dropdown] and this patch") and click +the "Diff" button. This will show you what is new or changed in the newer +patch. + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.3. Getting More Context in a Patch + +To get more context in a patch, you put a number in the textbox at the top +of Patch Viewer ("Patch / File / [textbox]") and hit enter. This will give +you that many lines of context before and after each change. Alternatively, +you can click on the "File" link there and it will show each change in the +full context of the file. This feature only works against files that were +diffed using "cvs diff". + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.4. Collapsing and Expanding Sections of a Patch + +To view only a certain set of files in a patch (for example, if a patch is +absolutely huge and you want to only review part of it at a time), you can +click the "(+)" and "(-)" links next to each file (to expand it or collapse +it). If you want to collapse all files or expand all files, you can click +the "Collapse All" and "Expand All" links at the top of the page. + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.5. Linking to a Section of a Patch + +To link to a section of a patch (for example, if you want to be able to give +someone a URL to show them which part you are talking about) you simply +click the "Link Here" link on the section header. The resulting URL can be +copied and used in discussion. (Copy Link Location in Mozilla works as +well.) + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.6. Going to Bonsai and LXR + +To go to Bonsai to get blame for the lines you are interested in, you can +click the "Lines XX-YY" link on the section header you are interested in. +This works even if the patch is against an old version of the file, since +Bonsai stores all versions of the file. + +To go to LXR, you click on the filename on the file header (unfortunately, +since LXR only does the most recent version, line numbers are likely to +rot). + _________________________________________________________________ + +3.1.6.7. Creating a Unified Diff + +If the patch is not in a format that you like, you can turn it into a +unified diff format by clicking the "Raw Unified" link at the top of the +page. + _________________________________________________________________ + 3.2. Hints and Tips - This section distills some Bugzilla tips and best practices that have - been developed. +This section distills some Bugzilla tips and best practices that have been +developed. _________________________________________________________________ 3.2.1. Autolinkification - Bugzilla comments are plain text - so posting HTML will result in - literal HTML tags rather than being interpreted by a browser. However, - Bugzilla will automatically make hyperlinks out of certain sorts of - text in comments. For example, the text http://www.bugzilla.org will - be turned into http://www.bugzilla.org. Other strings which get - linkified in the obvious manner are: - - bug 12345 - bug 23456, comment 53 - attachment 4321 - mailto:george@example.com - george@example.com - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org - Most other sorts of URL +Bugzilla comments are plain text - so posting HTML will result in literal +HTML tags rather than being interpreted by a browser. However, Bugzilla will +automatically make hyperlinks out of certain sorts of text in comments. For +example, the text http://www.bugzilla.org will be turned into +http://www.bugzilla.org. Other strings which get linkified in the obvious +manner are: + +bug 12345 +bug 23456, comment 53 +attachment 4321 +mailto:george@example.com +george@example.com +ftp://ftp.mozilla.org +Most other sorts of URL A corollary here is that if you type a bug number in a comment, you should put the word "bug" before it, so it gets autolinkified for the @@ -568,142 +631,137 @@ Chapter 3. Using Bugzilla 3.2.2. Quicksearch - Quicksearch is a single-text-box query tool which uses metacharacters - to indicate what is to be searched. For example, typing "foo|bar" into - Quicksearch would search for "foo" or "bar" in the summary and status - whiteboard of a bug; adding ":BazProduct" would search only in that - product. +Quicksearch is a single-text-box query tool which uses metacharacters to +indicate what is to be searched. For example, typing "foo|bar" into +Quicksearch would search for "foo" or "bar" in the summary and status +whiteboard of a bug; adding ":BazProduct" would search only in that product. - You'll find the Quicksearch box on Bugzilla's front page, along with a - Help link which details how to use it. +You'll find the Quicksearch box on Bugzilla's front page, along with a Help +link which details how to use it. _________________________________________________________________ 3.2.3. Comments - If you are changing the fields on a bug, only comment if either you - have something pertinent to say, or Bugzilla requires it. Otherwise, - you may spam people unnecessarily with bug mail. To take an example: a - user can set up their account to filter out messages where someone - just adds themselves to the CC field of a bug (which happens a lot.) - If you come along, add yourself to the CC field, and add a comment - saying "Adding self to CC", then that person gets a pointless piece of - mail they would otherwise have avoided. +If you are changing the fields on a bug, only comment if either you have +something pertinent to say, or Bugzilla requires it. Otherwise, you may spam +people unnecessarily with bug mail. To take an example: a user can set up +their account to filter out messages where someone just adds themselves to +the CC field of a bug (which happens a lot.) If you come along, add yourself +to the CC field, and add a comment saying "Adding self to CC", then that +person gets a pointless piece of mail they would otherwise have avoided. - Don't use sigs in comments. Signing your name ("Bill") is acceptable, - particularly if you do it out of habit, but full mail/news-style four - line ASCII art creations are not. +Don't use sigs in comments. Signing your name ("Bill") is acceptable, +particularly if you do it out of habit, but full mail/news-style four line +ASCII art creations are not. _________________________________________________________________ 3.2.4. Attachments - Use attachments, rather than comments, for large chunks of ASCII data, - such as trace, debugging output files, or log files. That way, it - doesn't bloat the bug for everyone who wants to read it, and cause - people to receive fat, useless mails. +Use attachments, rather than comments, for large chunks of ASCII data, such +as trace, debugging output files, or log files. That way, it doesn't bloat +the bug for everyone who wants to read it, and cause people to receive fat, +useless mails. - Trim screenshots. There's no need to show the whole screen if you are - pointing out a single-pixel problem. +Trim screenshots. There's no need to show the whole screen if you are +pointing out a single-pixel problem. - Don't attach simple test cases (e.g. one HTML file, one CSS file and - an image) as a ZIP file. Instead, upload them in reverse order and - edit the referring file so that they point to the attached files. This - way, the test case works immediately out of the bug. +Don't attach simple test cases (e.g. one HTML file, one CSS file and an +image) as a ZIP file. Instead, upload them in reverse order and edit the +referring file so that they point to the attached files. This way, the test +case works immediately out of the bug. _________________________________________________________________ 3.2.5. Filing Bugs - Try to make sure that everything said in the summary is also said in - the first comment. Summaries are often updated and this will ensure - your original information is easily accessible. +Try to make sure that everything said in the summary is also said in the +first comment. Summaries are often updated and this will ensure your +original information is easily accessible. - You do not need to put "any" or similar strings in the URL field. If - there is no specific URL associated with the bug, leave this field - blank. +You do not need to put "any" or similar strings in the URL field. If there +is no specific URL associated with the bug, leave this field blank. - If you feel a bug you filed was incorrectly marked as a DUPLICATE of - another, please question it in your bug, not the bug it was duped to. - Feel free to CC the person who duped it if they are not already CCed. +If you feel a bug you filed was incorrectly marked as a DUPLICATE of +another, please question it in your bug, not the bug it was duped to. Feel +free to CC the person who duped it if they are not already CCed. _________________________________________________________________ 3.3. User Preferences - Once you have logged in, you can customise various aspects of Bugzilla - via the "Edit prefs" link in the page footer. The preferences are - split into four tabs: +Once you have logged in, you can customise various aspects of Bugzilla via +the "Edit prefs" link in the page footer. The preferences are split into +four tabs: _________________________________________________________________ 3.3.1. Account Settings - On this tab, you can change your basic account information, including - your password, email address and real name. For security reasons, in - order to change anything on this page you must type your current - password into the "Password" field at the top of the page. If you - attempt to change your email address, a confirmation email is sent to - both the old and new addresses, with a link to use to confirm the - change. This helps to prevent account hijacking. +On this tab, you can change your basic account information, including your +password, email address and real name. For security reasons, in order to +change anything on this page you must type your current password into the +"Password" field at the top of the page. If you attempt to change your email +address, a confirmation email is sent to both the old and new addresses, +with a link to use to confirm the change. This helps to prevent account +hijacking. _________________________________________________________________ 3.3.2. Email Settings - On this tab you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you - from Bugzilla, opting in our out depending on your relationship to the - bug and the change that was made to it. (Note that you can also do - client-side filtering using the X-Bugzilla-Reason header which - Bugzilla adds to all bugmail.) +On this tab you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from +Bugzilla, opting in our out depending on your relationship to the bug and +the change that was made to it. (Note that you can also do client-side +filtering using the X-Bugzilla-Reason header which Bugzilla adds to all +bugmail.) - By entering user email names, delineated by commas, into the "Users to - watch" text entry box you can receive a copy of all the bugmail of - other users (security settings permitting.) This powerful - functionality enables seamless transitions as developers change - projects or users go on holiday. +By entering user email names, delineated by commas, into the "Users to +watch" text entry box you can receive a copy of all the bugmail of other +users (security settings permitting.) This powerful functionality enables +seamless transitions as developers change projects or users go on holiday. Note - The ability to watch other users may not be available in all Bugzilla - installations. If you can't see it, ask your administrator. + The ability to watch other users may not be available in all Bugzilla + installations. If you can't see it, ask your administrator. _________________________________________________________________ 3.3.3. Page Footer - On the Search page, you can store queries in Bugzilla, so if you - regularly run a particular query it is just a drop-down menu away. - Once you have a stored query, you can come here to request that it - also be displayed in your page footer. +On the Search page, you can store queries in Bugzilla, so if you regularly +run a particular query it is just a drop-down menu away. Once you have a +stored query, you can come here to request that it also be displayed in your +page footer. _________________________________________________________________ 3.3.4. Permissions - This is a purely informative page which outlines your current - permissions on this installation of Bugzilla - what product groups you - are in, and whether you can edit bugs or perform various - administration functions. +This is a purely informative page which outlines your current permissions on +this installation of Bugzilla - what product groups you are in, and whether +you can edit bugs or perform various administration functions. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 4. Installation 4.1. Step-by-step Install - Bugzilla has been successfully installed under many different - operating systems including almost all Unix clones and Microsoft - Windows. Many operating systems have utilities that make installation - easier or quirks that make it harder. We have tried to collect that - information in Section 4.3, so be sure to check out that section - before you start your installation. +Bugzilla has been successfully installed under many different operating +systems including almost all Unix clones and Microsoft Windows. Many +operating systems have utilities that make installation easier or quirks +that make it harder. We have tried to collect that information in Section +4.3, so be sure to check out that section before you start your +installation. Note - Windows is one of those operating systems that has many quirks and is - not yet officially supported by the Bugzilla team. If you wish to - install Bugzilla on Windows, be sure to see Section 4.3.1. + Windows is one of those operating systems that has many quirks and is + not yet officially supported by the Bugzilla team. If you wish to + install Bugzilla on Windows, be sure to see Section 4.3.1. - Warning + Warning - While installing Bugzilla, it is a good idea to ensure that there is - some kind of firewall between you and the rest of the Internet as your - machine may be insecure for periods during the install. Many - installation steps require an active Internet connection to complete, - but you must take care to ensure that at no point is your machine - vulnerable to an attack. + While installing Bugzilla, it is a good idea to ensure that there is + some kind of firewall between you and the rest of the Internet as your + machine may be insecure for periods during the install. Many + installation steps require an active Internet connection to complete, + but you must take care to ensure that at no point is your machine + vulnerable to an attack. This guide assumes that you already have your operating system installed, network configured, and have administrative access to the @@ -725,16 +783,16 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.1.1. MySQL - Visit the MySQL homepage at http://www.mysql.com to grab and install - the latest stable release of the server. +Visit the MySQL homepage at http://www.mysql.com to grab and install the +latest stable release of the server. Note - Many of the binary versions of MySQL store their data files in /var. - On some Unix systems, this is part of a smaller root partition, and - may not have room for your bug database. You can set the data - directory as an option to configure if you build MySQL from source - yourself. + Many of the binary versions of MySQL store their data files in /var. + On some Unix systems, this is part of a smaller root partition, and + may not have room for your bug database. You can set the data + directory as an option to configure if you build MySQL from source + yourself. If you install from something other than a packaging/installation system (such as .rpm, .dep, .exe, or .msi) you will need to configure @@ -748,9 +806,9 @@ Chapter 4. Installation set this value to be slightly larger than that parameter. Figure 4-1. Set Max Packet Size in MySQL - [mysqld] - # Allow packets up to 1M - set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M +[mysqld] +# Allow packets up to 1M +set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M If you are running Bugzilla and MySQL on the same machine, you may also wish to utilize the skip-networking option as mentioned in @@ -759,55 +817,54 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.1.2. Perl - Any machine that doesn't have Perl on it is a sad machine indeed. Perl - can be got in source form from http://www.perl.com. There are also - binary versions available for many platforms, most of which are linked - to from perl.com. Although Bugzilla runs with perl 5.6, it's a good - idea to be up to the very latest version if you can when running - Bugzilla. As of this writing, that is Perl version 5.8. +Any machine that doesn't have Perl on it is a sad machine indeed. Perl can +be got in source form from http://www.perl.com. There are also binary +versions available for many platforms, most of which are linked to from +perl.com. Although Bugzilla runs with perl 5.6, it's a good idea to be up to +the very latest version if you can when running Bugzilla. As of this +writing, that is Perl version 5.8. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3. Perl Modules - Perl modules can be found using CPAN on Unix based systems or PPM on - Win32. The root servers have a real tendency to bog down, so please - use mirrors. +Perl modules can be found using CPAN on Unix based systems or PPM on Win32. +The root servers have a real tendency to bog down, so please use mirrors. - Good instuctions can be found for using each of these services on - their respective websites. The basics can be found in Example 4-1 for - CPAN and Section 4.3.1.2 for PPM. +Good instuctions can be found for using each of these services on their +respective websites. The basics can be found in Example 4-1 for CPAN and +Section 4.3.1.2 for PPM. Example 4-1. Installing perl modules with CPAN The easy way: - bash# perl -MCPAN -e 'install "<modulename>"' +bash# perl -MCPAN -e 'install "<modulename>"' Or the hard way: - bash# tar xzvf <module>.tar.gz (1) - bash# cd <module> (2) - bash# perl Makefile.PL - bash# make - bash# make test - bash# make install - - (1) +bash# tar xzvf <module>.tar.gz (1) +bash# cd <module> (2) +bash# perl Makefile.PL +bash# make +bash# make test +bash# make install + + (1) This assumes that you've already downloaded the <module>.tar.gz to the current working directory. - (2) + (2) The process of untaring the module as defined in (1) will create the <module> directory. Tip - Many people complain that Perl modules will not install for them. Most - times, the error messages complain that they are missing a file in - "@INC". Virtually every time, this error is due to permissions being - set too restrictively for you to compile Perl modules or not having - the necessary Perl development libraries installed on your system. - Consult your local UNIX systems administrator for help solving these - permissions issues; if you are the local UNIX sysadmin, please consult - the newsgroup/mailing list for further assistance or hire someone to - help you out. + Many people complain that Perl modules will not install for them. Most + times, the error messages complain that they are missing a file in + "@INC". Virtually every time, this error is due to permissions being + set too restrictively for you to compile Perl modules or not having + the necessary Perl development libraries installed on your system. + Consult your local UNIX systems administrator for help solving these + permissions issues; if you are the local UNIX sysadmin, please consult + the newsgroup/mailing list for further assistance or hire someone to + help you out. Perl Modules (minimum version): @@ -836,182 +893,175 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.1.3.1. Bundle::Bugzilla - If you are running at least perl 5.6.1, you can save yourself a lot of - time by using Bundle::Bugzilla. This bundle contains every module - required to get Bugzilla running. It does not include GD and friends, - but these are not required for a base install and can always be added - later if the need arises. +If you are running at least perl 5.6.1, you can save yourself a lot of time +by using Bundle::Bugzilla. This bundle contains every module required to get +Bugzilla running. It does not include GD and friends, but these are not +required for a base install and can always be added later if the need +arises. - Assuming your perl was installed with CPAN (most unix installations - are), using Bundle::Bugzilla is really easy. Simply follow along with - the commands below. - bash# perl -MCPAN -eshell (1) - cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.63) - ReadLine support enabled +Assuming your perl was installed with CPAN (most unix installations are), +using Bundle::Bugzilla is really easy. Simply follow along with the commands +below. - cpan> +bash# perl -MCPAN -eshell (1) +cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.63) +ReadLine support enabled +cpan> - (1) + + (1) At this point, unless you've used CPAN on this machine before, you'll have to go through a series of configuration steps. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.2. AppConfig (1.52) - Dependency for Template Toolkit. We probably don't need to - specifically check for it anymore. +Dependency for Template Toolkit. We probably don't need to specifically +check for it anymore. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.3. CGI (2.88) - The CGI module parses form elements and cookies and does many other - usefule things. It come as a part of recent perl distributions, but - Bugzilla needs a fairly new version. +The CGI module parses form elements and cookies and does many other usefule +things. It come as a part of recent perl distributions, but Bugzilla needs a +fairly new version. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI.pm/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/CGI.zip - Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/CGI.html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI.pm/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/CGI.zip + Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/CGI.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.4. Data::Dumper (any) - The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl - (similar to Java's serialization). It comes with later sub-releases of - Perl 5.004, but a re-installation just to be sure it's available won't - hurt anything. +The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl +(similar to Java's serialization). It comes with later sub-releases of Perl +5.004, but a re-installation just to be sure it's available won't hurt +anything. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Dumper/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/Data-Dumper.zip - Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/Data/Dumpe - r.html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Dumper/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/Data-Dumper.zip + Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/Data/Dumper.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.5. TimeDate modules (2.21) - Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl modules have - been grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL modules bundle. This - bundle is stored on the CPAN under the name TimeDate. The component - module we're most interested in is the Date::Format module, but - installing all of them is probably a good idea anyway. +Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl modules have been +grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL modules bundle. This bundle is +stored on the CPAN under the name TimeDate. The component module we're most +interested in is the Date::Format module, but installing all of them is +probably a good idea anyway. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/TimeDate.zip - Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/lib/Date/F - ormat.pm + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/TimeDate.zip + Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/TimeDate/lib/Date/Format. +pm _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.6. DBI (1.32) - The DBI module is a generic Perl module used the MySQL-related - modules. As long as your Perl installation was done correctly the DBI - module should be a breeze. It's a mixed Perl/C module, but Perl's - MakeMaker system simplifies the C compilation greatly. +The DBI module is a generic Perl module used the MySQL-related modules. As +long as your Perl installation was done correctly the DBI module should be a +breeze. It's a mixed Perl/C module, but Perl's MakeMaker system simplifies +the C compilation greatly. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/DBI.zip - Documentation: http://dbi.perl.org/doc/ + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/DBI.zip + Documentation: http://dbi.perl.org/doc/ _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.7. MySQL-related modules - The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent Perl - modules. These modules are grouped together into the the - Msql-Mysql-modules package. +The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent Perl modules. +These modules are grouped together into the the Msql-Mysql-modules package. - The MakeMaker process will ask you a few questions about the desired - compilation target and your MySQL installation. For most of the - questions the provided default will be adequate, but when asked if - your desired target is the MySQL or mSQL packages, you should select - the MySQL related ones. Later you will be asked if you wish to provide - backwards compatibility with the older MySQL packages; you should - answer YES to this question. The default is NO. +The MakeMaker process will ask you a few questions about the desired +compilation target and your MySQL installation. For most of the questions +the provided default will be adequate, but when asked if your desired target +is the MySQL or mSQL packages, you should select the MySQL related ones. +Later you will be asked if you wish to provide backwards compatibility with +the older MySQL packages; you should answer YES to this question. The +default is NO. - A host of 'localhost' should be fine and a testing user of 'test' with - a null password should find itself with sufficient access to run tests - on the 'test' database which MySQL created upon installation. +A host of 'localhost' should be fine and a testing user of 'test' with a +null password should find itself with sufficient access to run tests on the +'test' database which MySQL created upon installation. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/DBD-Mysql.zip - Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/lib/DBD/m - ysql.pod + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/DBD-Mysql.zip + Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/lib/DBD/mysql.p +od _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.8. File::Spec (0.82) - File::Spec is a perl module that allows file operations, such as - generating full path names, to work cross platform. +File::Spec is a perl module that allows file operations, such as generating +full path names, to work cross platform. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec/ - PPM Download Page: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/File-Spec.zip - Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/File/Spec. - html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec/ + PPM Download Page: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/File-Spec.zip + Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/File/Spec.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.9. File::Temp (any) - File::Temp is used to generate a temporary filename that is guaranteed - to be unique. It comes as a standard part of perl +File::Temp is used to generate a temporary filename that is guaranteed to be +unique. It comes as a standard part of perl - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/File-Spec.zip - Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/File/Temp. - html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Spec/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/File-Spec.zip + Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/File/Temp.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.10. Template Toolkit (2.08) - When you install Template Toolkit, you'll get asked various questions - about features to enable. The defaults are fine, except that it is - recommended you use the high speed XS Stash of the Template Toolkit, - in order to achieve best performance. +When you install Template Toolkit, you'll get asked various questions about +features to enable. The defaults are fine, except that it is recommended you +use the high speed XS Stash of the Template Toolkit, in order to achieve +best performance. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Template-Toolk - it/ - PPM Download Link: http://openinteract.sourceforge.net/ppmpack - ages/5.6/Template-Toolkit.tar.gz - Documentation: http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs.html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Template-Toolkit/ + PPM Download Link: http://openinteract.sourceforge.net/ppmpackages/5 +.6/Template-Toolkit.tar.gz + Documentation: http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.11. Text::Wrap (2001.0131) - Text::Wrap is designed to proved intelligent text wrapping. +Text::Wrap is designed to proved intelligent text wrapping. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Tabs+Wrap - / - Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/Text/Wrap. - html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Tabs+Wrap/ + Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/lib/Text/Wrap.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.12. GD (1.20) [optional] - The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while ago to - programmatically generate images in C. Since then it's become the - defacto standard for programmatic image construction. The Perl - bindings to it found in the GD library are used on millions of web - pages to generate graphs on the fly. That's what Bugzilla will be - using it for so you must install it if you want any of the graphing to - work. +The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while ago to +programmatically generate images in C. Since then it's become the defacto +standard for programmatic image construction. The Perl bindings to it found +in the GD library are used on millions of web pages to generate graphs on +the fly. That's what Bugzilla will be using it for so you must install it if +you want any of the graphing to work. Note - The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may or may not - be installed on your system, including libpng and libgd. The full - requirements are listed in the Perl GD library README. If compiling GD - fails, it's probably because you're missing a required library. + The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may or may not + be installed on your system, including libpng and libgd. The full + requirements are listed in the Perl GD library README. If compiling GD + fails, it's probably because you're missing a required library. Tip - The version of the GD perl module you need is very closely tied to the - libgd version installed on your system. If you have a version 1.x of - libgd the 2.x versions of the GD perl module won't work for you. + The version of the GD perl module you need is very closely tied to the + libgd version installed on your system. If you have a version 1.x of + libgd the 2.x versions of the GD perl module won't work for you. CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GD/ PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips @@ -1021,140 +1071,135 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.1.3.13. Chart::Base (0.99c) [optional] - The Chart module provides Bugzilla with on-the-fly charting abilities. - It can be installed in the usual fashion after it has been fetched - from CPAN. Note that earlier versions that 0.99c used GIFs, which are - no longer supported by the latest versions of GD. +The Chart module provides Bugzilla with on-the-fly charting abilities. It +can be installed in the usual fashion after it has been fetched from CPAN. +Note that earlier versions that 0.99c used GIFs, which are no longer +supported by the latest versions of GD. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Chart/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/Chart.zip + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Chart/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/Chart.zip _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.14. XML::Parser (any) [Optional] - XML::Parser is used by the importxml.pl script. You only need it if - you are going to be importing bugs (such as for bug moving). - XML::Parser requires that the expat library is already installed on - your machine. +XML::Parser is used by the importxml.pl script. You only need it if you are +going to be importing bugs (such as for bug moving). XML::Parser requires +that the expat library is already installed on your machine. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Parser/ - Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/lib/XML/Parser - .html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Parser/ + Documentation: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/lib/XML/Parser.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.15. GD::Graph (any) [Optional] - In addition to GD listed above, the reporting interface of Bugzilla - needs to have the GD::Graph module installed. +In addition to GD listed above, the reporting interface of Bugzilla needs to +have the GD::Graph module installed. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/GDGraph.zip - Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/Graph.pm + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/GDGraph.zip + Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDGraph/Graph.pm _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.16. GD::Text::Align (any) [Optional] - GD::Text::Align, as the name implies, is used to draw aligned strings - of text. It is needed by the reporting interface. +GD::Text::Align, as the name implies, is used to draw aligned strings of +text. It is needed by the reporting interface. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/ - PPM Download Page: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/GDTextUtil.zip - Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/Text/Ali - gn.pm + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/ + PPM Download Page: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/GDTextUtil.zip + Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GDTextUtil/Text/Align.pm _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.17. MIME::Parser (any) [Optional] - MIME::Parser is only needed if you want to use the e-mail interface - located in the contrib directory. +MIME::Parser is only needed if you want to use the e-mail interface located +in the contrib directory. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/ - PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips - /6xx-builds-only/MIME-tools.zip - Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/lib/MIME - /Parser.pm + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/ + PPM Download Link: http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-b +uilds-only/MIME-tools.zip + Documentation: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-tools/lib/MIME/Parse +r.pm _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3.18. PatchReader (0.9.1) [Optional] - PatchReader is only needed if you want to use Patch Viewer, a Bugzilla - feature to format patches in a pretty HTML fashion. There are a number - of optional parameters you can configure Patch Viewer with as well, - including cvsroot, cvsroot_get, lxr_root, bonsai_url, lxr_url, and - lxr_root. Patch Viewer also optionally will use cvs, diff and - interdiff utilities if they exist on the system (interdiff can be - found in the patchutils package at - http://cyberelk.net/tim/patchutils/. These programs' locations can be - configured in localconfig. +PatchReader is only needed if you want to use Patch Viewer, a Bugzilla +feature to format patches in a pretty HTML fashion. There are a number of +optional parameters you can configure Patch Viewer with as well, including +cvsroot, cvsroot_get, lxr_root, bonsai_url, lxr_url, and lxr_root. Patch +Viewer also optionally will use cvs, diff and interdiff utilities if they +exist on the system (interdiff can be found in the patchutils package at +http://cyberelk.net/tim/patchutils/. These programs' locations can be +configured in localconfig. - CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/author/JKEISER/Patc - hReader/ - Documentation: http://www.johnkeiser.com/mozilla/Patch_Viewer. - html + CPAN Download Page: http://search.cpan.org/author/JKEISER/PatchReade +r/ + Documentation: http://www.johnkeiser.com/mozilla/Patch_Viewer.html _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.4. HTTP Server - You have freedom of choice here, pretty much any web server that is - capable of running CGI scripts will work. Section 4.4 has more - information about configuring web servers to work with Bugzilla. +You have freedom of choice here, pretty much any web server that is capable +of running CGI scripts will work. Section 4.4 has more information about +configuring web servers to work with Bugzilla. Note - We strongly recommend Apache as the web server to use. The Bugzilla - Guide installation instructions, in general, assume you are using - Apache. If you have got Bugzilla working using another webserver, - please share your experiences with us by filing a bug in Bugzilla - Documentation. + We strongly recommend Apache as the web server to use. The Bugzilla + Guide installation instructions, in general, assume you are using + Apache. If you have got Bugzilla working using another webserver, + please share your experiences with us by filing a bug in Bugzilla + Documentation. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.5. Bugzilla - You should untar the Bugzilla files into a directory that you're - willing to make writable by the default web server user (probably - "nobody"). You may decide to put the files in the main web space for - your web server or perhaps in /usr/local with a symbolic link in the - web space that points to the Bugzilla directory. +You should untar the Bugzilla files into a directory that you're willing to +make writable by the default web server user (probably "nobody"). You may +decide to put the files in the main web space for your web server or perhaps +in /usr/local with a symbolic link in the web space that points to the +Bugzilla directory. Tip - If you symlink the bugzilla directory into your Apache's HTML - hierarchy, you may receive Forbidden errors unless you add the - "FollowSymLinks" directive to the <Directory> entry for the HTML root - in httpd.conf. + If you symlink the bugzilla directory into your Apache's HTML + hierarchy, you may receive Forbidden errors unless you add the + "FollowSymLinks" directive to the <Directory> entry for the HTML root + in httpd.conf. Once all the files are in a web accessible directory, make that directory writable by your webserver's user. This is a temporary step until you run the post-install checksetup.pl script, which locks down your installation. - Caution + Caution - The default Bugzilla distribution is not designed to be placed in a - cgi-bin directory (this includes any directory which is configured - using the ScriptAlias directive of Apache). This will probably change - as part of bug 44659. + The default Bugzilla distribution is not designed to be placed in a + cgi-bin directory (this includes any directory which is configured + using the ScriptAlias directive of Apache). This will probably change + as part of bug 44659. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.6. Setting Up the MySQL Database - After you've gotten all the software installed and working you're - ready to start preparing the database for its life as the back end to - a high quality bug tracker. +After you've gotten all the software installed and working you're ready to +start preparing the database for its life as the back end to a high quality +bug tracker. - This first thing you'll want to do is make sure you've given the - "root" user a password as suggested in Section 5.6.2. For clarity, - these instructions will assume that your MySQL user for Bugzilla will - be "bugs_user", the database will be called "bugs_db" and the password - for the "bugs_user" user is "bugs_password". You should, of course, - substitute the values you intend to use for your site. +This first thing you'll want to do is make sure you've given the "root" user +a password as suggested in Section 5.6.2. For clarity, these instructions +will assume that your MySQL user for Bugzilla will be "bugs_user", the +database will be called "bugs_db" and the password for the "bugs_user" user +is "bugs_password". You should, of course, substitute the values you intend +to use for your site. Note - Most people use "bugs" for both the user and database name. + Most people use "bugs" for both the user and database name. Next, we use an SQL GRANT command to create a "bugs_user" user, and grant sufficient permissions for checksetup.pl, which we'll use later, @@ -1162,27 +1207,27 @@ Chapter 4. Installation operations within a database called "bugs_db", and only allows the account to connect from "localhost". Modify it to reflect your setup if you will be connecting from another machine or as a different user. - mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX,ALTER,CREATE, - DROP,REFERENCES ON bugs_db.* TO bugs_user@localhost - IDENTIFIED BY 'bugs_password'; - mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; +mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX,ALTER,CREATE, + DROP,REFERENCES ON bugs_db.* TO bugs_user@localhost + IDENTIFIED BY 'bugs_password'; +mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Note - If you are using MySQL 4, the bugs user also needs to be granted the - LOCK TABLES and CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES permissions. + If you are using MySQL 4, the bugs user also needs to be granted the + LOCK TABLES and CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES permissions. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.7. checksetup.pl - Next, run the magic checksetup.pl script. (Many thanks to Holger - Schurig for writing this script!) This script is designed to make sure - your perl modules are the correct version and your MySQL database and - other configuration options are consistent with the Bugzilla CGI - files. It will make sure Bugzilla files and directories have - reasonable permissions, set up the data directory, and create all the - MySQL tables. - bash# ./checksetup.pl +Next, run the magic checksetup.pl script. (Many thanks to Holger Schurig for +writing this script!) This script is designed to make sure your perl modules +are the correct version and your MySQL database and other configuration +options are consistent with the Bugzilla CGI files. It will make sure +Bugzilla files and directories have reasonable permissions, set up the data +directory, and create all the MySQL tables. + +bash# ./checksetup.pl The first time you run it, it will create a file called localconfig. @@ -1206,26 +1251,26 @@ Chapter 4. Installation Note - The checksetup.pl script is designed so that you can run it at any - time without causing harm. You should run it after any upgrade to - Bugzilla. + The checksetup.pl script is designed so that you can run it at any + time without causing harm. You should run it after any upgrade to + Bugzilla. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.8. Configuring Bugzilla - You should run through the parameters on the Edit Parameters page - (link in the footer) and set them all to appropriate values. They key - parameters are documented in Section 5.1. +You should run through the parameters on the Edit Parameters page (link in +the footer) and set them all to appropriate values. They key parameters are +documented in Section 5.1. _________________________________________________________________ 4.2. Optional Additional Configuration 4.2.1. Dependency Charts - As well as the text-based dependency graphs, Bugzilla also supports - dependency graphing, using a package called 'dot'. Exactly how this - works is controlled by the 'webdotbase' parameter, which can have one - of three values: +As well as the text-based dependency graphs, Bugzilla also supports +dependency graphing, using a package called 'dot'. Exactly how this works is +controlled by the 'webdotbase' parameter, which can have one of three +values: 1. A complete file path to the command 'dot' (part of GraphViz) will generate the graphs locally @@ -1242,14 +1287,13 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.2.2. Bug Graphs - As long as you installed the GD and Graph::Base Perl modules you might - as well turn on the nifty Bugzilla bug reporting graphs. +As long as you installed the GD and Graph::Base Perl modules you might as +well turn on the nifty Bugzilla bug reporting graphs. - Add a cron entry like this to run collectstats.pl daily at 5 after - midnight: +Add a cron entry like this to run collectstats.pl daily at 5 after midnight: - bash# crontab -e - 5 0 * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./collectstats.pl +bash# crontab -e +5 0 * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./collectstats.pl After two days have passed you'll be able to view bug graphs from the Bug Reports page. @@ -1257,37 +1301,36 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.2.3. The Whining Cron - By now you have a fully functional Bugzilla, but what good are bugs if - they're not annoying? To help make those bugs more annoying you can - set up Bugzilla's automatic whining system to complain at engineers - which leave their bugs in the NEW state without triaging them. +By now you have a fully functional Bugzilla, but what good are bugs if +they're not annoying? To help make those bugs more annoying you can set up +Bugzilla's automatic whining system to complain at engineers which leave +their bugs in the NEW state without triaging them. - This can be done by adding the following command as a daily crontab - entry (for help on that see that crontab man page): +This can be done by adding the following command as a daily crontab entry +(for help on that see that crontab man page): - cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./whineatnews.pl +cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./whineatnews.pl - Tip - - Depending on your system, crontab may have several manpages. The - following command should lead you to the most useful page for this - purpose: + Tip - man 5 crontab + Depending on your system, crontab may have several manpages. The + following command should lead you to the most useful page for this + purpose: + man 5 crontab _________________________________________________________________ 4.2.4. LDAP Authentication Note - LDAP authentication has been rewritten for the 2.18 release of - Bugzilla. It no longer requires the Mozilla::LDAP module and now uses - Net::LDAP instead. This rewrite was part of a larger landing that - allowed for additional authentication schemes to be easily added (bug - 180642). + LDAP authentication has been rewritten for the 2.18 release of + Bugzilla. It no longer requires the Mozilla::LDAP module and now uses + Net::LDAP instead. This rewrite was part of a larger landing that + allowed for additional authentication schemes to be easily added (bug + 180642). - This patch originally landed in 21-Mar-2003 and was included in the - 2.17.4 development release. + This patch originally landed in 21-Mar-2003 and was included in the + 2.17.4 development release. The existing authentication scheme for Bugzilla uses email addresses as the primary user ID, and a password to authenticate that user. All @@ -1305,14 +1348,14 @@ Chapter 4. Installation tasks are still handled by email address, not LDAP username. You still assign bugs by email address, query on users by email address, etc. - Caution + Caution - Because the Bugzilla account is not created until the first time a - user logs in, a user who has not yet logged is unknown to Bugzilla. - This means they cannot be used as an assignee or QA contact (default - or otherwise), added to any cc list, or any other such operation. One - possible workaround is the bugzilla_ldapsync.rb script in the contrib - directory. Another possible solution is fixing bug 201069. + Because the Bugzilla account is not created until the first time a + user logs in, a user who has not yet logged is unknown to Bugzilla. + This means they cannot be used as an assignee or QA contact (default + or otherwise), added to any cc list, or any other such operation. One + possible workaround is the bugzilla_ldapsync.rb script in the contrib + directory. Another possible solution is fixing bug 201069. Parameters required to use LDAP Authentication: @@ -1365,167 +1408,167 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 4.2.5. Preventing untrusted Bugzilla content from executing malicious Javascript code - It is possible for a Bugzilla to execute malicious Javascript code. - Due to internationalization concerns, we are unable to incorporate the - code changes necessary to fulfill the CERT advisory requirements - mentioned in - http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html/#3. - Making the change below will fix the problem if your installation is - for an English speaking audience. - - Telling Bugzilla to output a charset as part of the HTTP header is - much easier in version 2.18 and higher (including any cvs pull after - 4-May-2003 and development release after 2.17.5) than it was in - previous versions. Simply locate the following line in - Bugzilla/CGI.pm: - # Make sure that we don't send any charset headers - $self->charset(''); - - and change it to: - # Send all data using the ISO-8859-1 charset - $self->charset('ISO-8859-1'); +It is possible for a Bugzilla to execute malicious Javascript code. Due to +internationalization concerns, we are unable to incorporate the code changes +necessary to fulfill the CERT advisory requirements mentioned in +http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html/#3. Making the +change below will fix the problem if your installation is for an English +speaking audience. + +Telling Bugzilla to output a charset as part of the HTTP header is much +easier in version 2.18 and higher (including any cvs pull after 4-May-2003 +and development release after 2.17.5) than it was in previous versions. +Simply locate the following line in Bugzilla/CGI.pm: + + # Make sure that we don't send any charset headers + $self->charset(''); + +and change it to: + + # Send all data using the ISO-8859-1 charset + $self->charset('ISO-8859-1'); Note - Using <meta> tags to set the charset is not recommended, as there's a - bug in Netscape 4.x which causes pages marked up in this way to load - twice. See bug 126266 for more information including progress toward - making bugzilla charset aware by default. + Using <meta> tags to set the charset is not recommended, as there's a + bug in Netscape 4.x which causes pages marked up in this way to load + twice. See bug 126266 for more information including progress toward + making bugzilla charset aware by default. _________________________________________________________________ 4.2.6. directoryindex for the Bugzilla default page. - You should modify the <DirectoryIndex> parameter for the Apache - virtual host running your Bugzilla installation to allow index.cgi as - the index page for a directory, as well as the usual index.html, - index.htm, and so forth. +You should modify the <DirectoryIndex> parameter for the Apache virtual host +running your Bugzilla installation to allow index.cgi as the index page for +a directory, as well as the usual index.html, index.htm, and so forth. _________________________________________________________________ 4.2.7. Bugzilla and mod_perl - Bugzilla is unsupported under mod_perl. Effort is underway to make it - work cleanly in a mod_perl environment, but it is slow going. +Bugzilla is unsupported under mod_perl. Effort is underway to make it work +cleanly in a mod_perl environment, but it is slow going. _________________________________________________________________ 4.2.8. mod_throttle and Security - It is possible for a user, by mistake or on purpose, to access the - database many times in a row which can result in very slow access - speeds for other users. If your Bugzilla installation is experiencing - this problem , you may install the Apache module mod_throttle which - can limit connections by ip-address. You may download this module at - http://www.snert.com/Software/mod_throttle/. Follow the instructions - to install into your Apache install. This module only functions with - the Apache web server! You may use the ThrottleClientIP command - provided by this module to accomplish this goal. See the Module - Instructions for more information. +It is possible for a user, by mistake or on purpose, to access the database +many times in a row which can result in very slow access speeds for other +users. If your Bugzilla installation is experiencing this problem , you may +install the Apache module mod_throttle which can limit connections by +ip-address. You may download this module at +http://www.snert.com/Software/mod_throttle/. Follow the instructions to +install into your Apache install. This module only functions with the Apache +web server! You may use the ThrottleClientIP command provided by this module +to accomplish this goal. See the Module Instructions for more information. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3. OS Specific Installation Notes - Many aspects of the Bugzilla installation can be affected by the the - operating system you choose to install it on. Sometimes it can be made - easier and others more difficult. This section will attempt to help - you understand both the difficulties of running on specific operating - systems and the utilities available to make it easier. +Many aspects of the Bugzilla installation can be affected by the the +operating system you choose to install it on. Sometimes it can be made +easier and others more difficult. This section will attempt to help you +understand both the difficulties of running on specific operating systems +and the utilities available to make it easier. - If you have anything to add or notes for an operating system not - covered, please file a bug in Bugzilla Documentation. +If you have anything to add or notes for an operating system not covered, +please file a bug in Bugzilla Documentation. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.1. Microsoft Windows - Making Bugzilla work on windows is still a very painful processes. The - Bugzilla Team is working to make it easier, but that goal is not - considered a top priority. If you wish to run Bugzilla, we still - recommend doing so on a Unix based system such as GNU/Linux. As of - this writing, all members of the Bugzilla team and all known large - installations run on Unix based systems. +Making Bugzilla work on windows is still a very painful processes. The +Bugzilla Team is working to make it easier, but that goal is not considered +a top priority. If you wish to run Bugzilla, we still recommend doing so on +a Unix based system such as GNU/Linux. As of this writing, all members of +the Bugzilla team and all known large installations run on Unix based +systems. - If after hearing all that, you have enough pain tolerance to attempt - installing Bugzilla on Win32, here are some pointers. Because this is - a development version of the guide, these instructions are subject to - change without notice. In fact, the Bugzilla Team hopes they do as we - would like to have Bugzilla resonabally close to "out of the box" - compatibility by the 2.18 release. +If after hearing all that, you have enough pain tolerance to attempt +installing Bugzilla on Win32, here are some pointers. Because this is a +development version of the guide, these instructions are subject to change +without notice. In fact, the Bugzilla Team hopes they do as we would like to +have Bugzilla resonabally close to "out of the box" compatibility by the +2.18 release. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.1.1. Win32 Perl - Perl for Windows can be obtained from ActiveState. You should be able - to find a compiled binary at - http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/. +Perl for Windows can be obtained from ActiveState. You should be able to +find a compiled binary at +http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.1.2. Perl Modules on Win32 - Bugzilla on Windows requires the same perl modules found in Section - 4.1.3. The main difference is that windows uses PPM instead of CPAN. - C:\perl> ppm <module name> +Bugzilla on Windows requires the same perl modules found in Section 4.1.3. +The main difference is that windows uses PPM instead of CPAN. + +C:\perl> ppm <module name> Note - The above syntax should work for all modules with the exception of - Template Toolkit. The Template Toolkit website suggests using the - instructions on OpenInteract's website. + The above syntax should work for all modules with the exception of + Template Toolkit. The Template Toolkit website suggests using the + instructions on OpenInteract's website. Tip - A complete list of modules that can be installed using ppm can be - found at http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus. + A complete list of modules that can be installed using ppm can be + found at http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.1.3. Code changes required to run on win32 - Unfortunately, Bugzilla still doesn't run "out of the box" on Windows. - There is work in progress to make this easier, but until that happens - code will have to be modified. This section is an attempt to list the - required changes. It is an attempt to be all inclusive, but there may - be other changes required. If you find something is missing, please - file a bug in Bugzilla Documentation. +Unfortunately, Bugzilla still doesn't run "out of the box" on Windows. There +is work in progress to make this easier, but until that happens code will +have to be modified. This section is an attempt to list the required +changes. It is an attempt to be all inclusive, but there may be other +changes required. If you find something is missing, please file a bug in +Bugzilla Documentation. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.1.3.1. Changes to checksetup.pl - In checksetup.pl, the line reading: - my $mysql_binaries = `which mysql`; +In checksetup.pl, the line reading: + +my $mysql_binaries = `which mysql`; to - my $mysql_binaries = "D:\\mysql\\bin\\mysql"; +my $mysql_binaries = "D:\\mysql\\bin\\mysql"; And you'll also need to change: - my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup) +my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup) to - my $webservergid = '8' +my $webservergid = '8' _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.1.3.2. Changes to BugMail.pm - To make bug e-mail work on Win32 (until bug 84876 lands), the simplest - way is to have Net::SMTP installed and change this (in - Bugzilla/BugMail.pm): - open(SENDMAIL, "|/usr/lib/sendmail $sendmailparam -t -i") || - die "Can't open sendmail"; +To make bug e-mail work on Win32 (until bug 84876 lands), the simplest way +is to have Net::SMTP installed and change this (in Bugzilla/BugMail.pm): - print SENDMAIL trim($msg) . "\n"; - close SENDMAIL; +open(SENDMAIL, "|/usr/lib/sendmail $sendmailparam -t -i") || + die "Can't open sendmail"; + +print SENDMAIL trim($msg) . "\n"; +close SENDMAIL; to - use Net::SMTP; - my $smtp_server = 'smtp.mycompany.com'; # change this +use Net::SMTP; +my $smtp_server = 'smtp.mycompany.com'; # change this - # Use die on error, so that the mail will be in the 'unsent mails' and - # can be sent from the sanity check page. - my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($smtp_server) || - die 'Cannot connect to server \'$smtp_server\''; +# Use die on error, so that the mail will be in the 'unsent mails' and +# can be sent from the sanity check page. +my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new($smtp_server) || + die 'Cannot connect to server \'$smtp_server\''; - $smtp->mail('bugzilla-daemon@mycompany.com'); # change this - $smtp->to($person); - $smtp->data(); - $smtp->datasend($msg); - $smtp->dataend(); - $smtp->quit; +$smtp->mail('bugzilla-daemon@mycompany.com'); # change this +$smtp->to($person); +$smtp->data(); +$smtp->datasend($msg); +$smtp->dataend(); +$smtp->quit; Don't forget to change the name of your SMTP server and the domain of the sending e-mail address (after the '@') in the above lines of code. @@ -1533,62 +1576,61 @@ Javascript code 4.3.1.4. Serving the web pages - As is the case on Unix based systems, any web server should be able to - handle Bugzilla; however, the Bugzilla Team still recommends Apache - whenever asked. No matter what web server you choose, be sure to pay - attention to the security notes in Section 5.6.4. More information on - configuring specific web servers can be found in Section 4.4. +As is the case on Unix based systems, any web server should be able to +handle Bugzilla; however, the Bugzilla Team still recommends Apache whenever +asked. No matter what web server you choose, be sure to pay attention to the +security notes in Section 5.6.4. More information on configuring specific +web servers can be found in Section 4.4. Note - If using Apache on windows, you can set the ScriptInterpreterSource - directive in your Apache config, if you don't do this, you'll have to - modify the first line of every script to contain your path to perl - instead of /usr/bin/perl. + If using Apache on windows, you can set the ScriptInterpreterSource + directive in your Apache config, if you don't do this, you'll have to + modify the first line of every script to contain your path to perl + instead of /usr/bin/perl. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.2. Mac OS X - There are a lot of common libraries and utilities out there that Apple - did not include with Mac OS X, but which run perfectly well on it. The - GD library, which Bugzilla needs to do bug graphs, is one of these. +There are a lot of common libraries and utilities out there that Apple did +not include with Mac OS X, but which run perfectly well on it. The GD +library, which Bugzilla needs to do bug graphs, is one of these. - The easiest way to get a lot of these is with a program called Fink, - which is similar in nature to the CPAN installer, but installs common - GNU utilities. Fink is available from - http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/. +The easiest way to get a lot of these is with a program called Fink, which +is similar in nature to the CPAN installer, but installs common GNU +utilities. Fink is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/. - Follow the instructions for setting up Fink. Once it's installed, - you'll want to use it to install the gd2 package. +Follow the instructions for setting up Fink. Once it's installed, you'll +want to use it to install the gd2 package. - It will prompt you for a number of dependencies, type 'y' and hit - enter to install all of the dependencies and then watch it work. You - will then be able to use CPAN to install the GD perl module. +It will prompt you for a number of dependencies, type 'y' and hit enter to +install all of the dependencies and then watch it work. You will then be +able to use CPAN to install the GD perl module. Note - To prevent creating conflicts with the software that Apple installs by - default, Fink creates its own directory tree at /sw where it installs - most of the software that it installs. This means your libraries and - headers be at /sw/lib and /sw/include instead of /usr/lib and - /usr/local/include. When the Perl module config script asks where your - libgd is, be sure to tell it /sw/lib. + To prevent creating conflicts with the software that Apple installs by + default, Fink creates its own directory tree at /sw where it installs + most of the software that it installs. This means your libraries and + headers be at /sw/lib and /sw/include instead of /usr/lib and + /usr/local/include. When the Perl module config script asks where your + libgd is, be sure to tell it /sw/lib. Also available via Fink is expat. Once running using fink to install the expat package you will be able to install XML::Parser using CPAN. There is one caveat. Unlike recent versions of the GD module, XML::Parser doesn't prompt for the location of the required libraries. When using CPAN, you will need to use the following command sequence: - # perl -MCPAN -e'look XML::Parser' (1) - # perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/sw/lib EXPATINCPATH=/sw/include - # make; make test; make install (2) - # exit (3) +# perl -MCPAN -e'look XML::Parser' (1) +# perl Makefile.PL EXPATLIBPATH=/sw/lib EXPATINCPATH=/sw/include +# make; make test; make install (2) +# exit (3) - (1) (3) + (1) (3) The look command will download the module and spawn a new shell with the extracted files as the current working directory. The exit command will return you to your original shell. - (2) + (2) You should watch the output from these make commands, especially "make test" as errors may prevent XML::Parser from functioning correctly with Bugzilla. @@ -1596,85 +1638,84 @@ Javascript code 4.3.3. Linux-Mandrake 8.0 - Linux-Mandrake 8.0 includes every required and optional library for - Bugzilla. The easiest way to install them is by using the urpmi - utility. If you follow these commands, you should have everything you - need for Bugzilla, and ./checksetup.pl should not complain about any - missing libraries. You may already have some of these installed. - bash# urpmi perl-mysql - bash# urpmi perl-chart - bash# urpmi perl-gd - bash# urpmi perl-MailTools (1) - bash# urpmi apache-modules - - (1) +Linux-Mandrake 8.0 includes every required and optional library for +Bugzilla. The easiest way to install them is by using the urpmi utility. If +you follow these commands, you should have everything you need for Bugzilla, +and ./checksetup.pl should not complain about any missing libraries. You may +already have some of these installed. + +bash# urpmi perl-mysql +bash# urpmi perl-chart +bash# urpmi perl-gd +bash# urpmi perl-MailTools (1) +bash# urpmi apache-modules + + (1) for Bugzilla e-mail integration _________________________________________________________________ 4.4. HTTP Server Configuration - The Bugzilla Team recommends Apache when using Bugzilla, however, any - web server that can be configured to run CGI scripts should be able to - handle Bugzilla. No matter what web server you choose, but especially - if you choose something other than Apache, you should be sure to read - Section 5.6.4. +The Bugzilla Team recommends Apache when using Bugzilla, however, any web +server that can be configured to run CGI scripts should be able to handle +Bugzilla. No matter what web server you choose, but especially if you choose +something other than Apache, you should be sure to read Section 5.6.4. - The plan for this section is to eventually document the specifics of - how to lock down permissions on individual web servers. +The plan for this section is to eventually document the specifics of how to +lock down permissions on individual web servers. _________________________________________________________________ 4.4.1. Apache httpd - As mentioned above, the Bugzilla Team recommends Apache for use with - Bugzilla. You will have to make sure that Apache is properly - configured to run the Bugzilla CGI scripts. You also need to make sure - that the .htaccess files created by ./checksetup.pl (shown in Example - 4-2 for the curious) are allowed to override Apache's normal access - permissions or else important password information may be exposed to - the Internet. - - Many Apache installations are not configured to run scripts anywhere - but in the cgi-bin directory; however, we recommend that Bugzilla not - be installed in the cgi-bin, otherwise the static files such as images - and JavaScript will not work correctly. To allow scripts to run in the - normal web space, the following changes should be made to your - httpd.conf file. - - To allow files with a .cgi extension to be run, make sure the - following line exists and is uncommented: - AddHandler cgi-script .cgi +As mentioned above, the Bugzilla Team recommends Apache for use with +Bugzilla. You will have to make sure that Apache is properly configured to +run the Bugzilla CGI scripts. You also need to make sure that the .htaccess +files created by ./checksetup.pl (shown in Example 4-2 for the curious) are +allowed to override Apache's normal access permissions or else important +password information may be exposed to the Internet. + +Many Apache installations are not configured to run scripts anywhere but in +the cgi-bin directory; however, we recommend that Bugzilla not be installed +in the cgi-bin, otherwise the static files such as images and JavaScript +will not work correctly. To allow scripts to run in the normal web space, +the following changes should be made to your httpd.conf file. + +To allow files with a .cgi extension to be run, make sure the following line +exists and is uncommented: + +AddHandler cgi-script .cgi To allow .htaccess files to override permissions and .cgi files to run in the Bugzilla directory, make sure the following two lines are in a Directory directive that applies to the Bugzilla directory on your system (either the Bugzilla directory or one of its parents). - Options +ExecCGI - AllowOverride Limit +Options +ExecCGI +AllowOverride Limit Note - For more information on Apache and its directives, see the glossary - entry on Apache. + For more information on Apache and its directives, see the glossary + entry on Apache. Example 4-2. .htaccess files for Apache $BUGZILLA_HOME/.htaccess - # don't allow people to retrieve non-cgi executable files or our private data - <FilesMatch ^(.*\.pl|.*localconfig.*|runtests.sh)$> - deny from all - </FilesMatch> - <FilesMatch ^(localconfig.js|localconfig.rdf)$> - allow from all - </FilesMatch> +# don't allow people to retrieve non-cgi executable files or our private data +<FilesMatch ^(.*\.pl|.*localconfig.*|runtests.sh)$> + deny from all +</FilesMatch> +<FilesMatch ^(localconfig.js|localconfig.rdf)$> + allow from all +</FilesMatch> $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/.htaccess - # nothing in this directory is retrievable unless overriden by an .htaccess - # in a subdirectory; the only exception is duplicates.rdf, which is used by - # duplicates.xul and must be loadable over the web - deny from all - <Files duplicates.rdf> - allow from all - </Files> +# nothing in this directory is retrievable unless overriden by an .htaccess +# in a subdirectory; the only exception is duplicates.rdf, which is used by +# duplicates.xul and must be loadable over the web +deny from all +<Files duplicates.rdf> + allow from all +</Files> $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/webdot # Restrict access to .dot files to the public webdot server at research.att.com @@ -1696,97 +1737,98 @@ Javascript code Deny from all $BUGZILLA_HOME/Bugzilla/.htaccess - # nothing in this directory is retrievable unless overriden by an .htaccess - # in a subdirectory - deny from all +# nothing in this directory is retrievable unless overriden by an .htaccess +# in a subdirectory +deny from all $BUGZILLA_HOME/template/.htaccess - # nothing in this directory is retrievable unless overriden by an .htaccess - # in a subdirectory - deny from all +# nothing in this directory is retrievable unless overriden by an .htaccess +# in a subdirectory +deny from all _________________________________________________________________ 4.4.2. Microsoft Internet Information Services - If you need, or for some reason even want, to use Microsoft's Internet - Information Services or Personal Web Server you should be able to. You - will need to configure them to know how to run CGI scripts, however. - This is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q245225 for - Internet Information Services and Q231998 for Personal Web Server. +If you need, or for some reason even want, to use Microsoft's Internet +Information Services or Personal Web Server you should be able to. You will +need to configure them to know how to run CGI scripts, however. This is +described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q245225 for Internet +Information Services and Q231998 for Personal Web Server. - Also, and this can't be stressed enough, make sure that files such as - localconfig and your data directory are secured as described in - Section 5.6.4. +Also, and this can't be stressed enough, make sure that files such as +localconfig and your data directory are secured as described in Section +5.6.4. _________________________________________________________________ 4.4.3. AOL Server - Ben FrantzDale reported success using AOL Server with Bugzilla. He - reported his experience and what appears below is based on that. +Ben FrantzDale reported success using AOL Server with Bugzilla. He reported +his experience and what appears below is based on that. - AOL Server will have to be configured to run CGI scripts, please - consult the documentation that came with your server for more - information on how to do this. +AOL Server will have to be configured to run CGI scripts, please consult the +documentation that came with your server for more information on how to do +this. - Because AOL Server doesn't support .htaccess files, you'll have to - create a TCL script. You should create an - aolserver/modules/tcl/filter.tcl file (the filename shouldn't matter) - with the following contents (change /bugzilla/ to the web-based path - to your Bugzilla installation): - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/localconfig filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/localconfig~ filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/\#localconfig\# filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/*.pl filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/syncshadowdb filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/runtests.sh filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/data/* filter_deny - ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/template/* filter_deny +Because AOL Server doesn't support .htaccess files, you'll have to create a +TCL script. You should create an aolserver/modules/tcl/filter.tcl file (the +filename shouldn't matter) with the following contents (change /bugzilla/ to +the web-based path to your Bugzilla installation): +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/localconfig filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/localconfig~ filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/\#localconfig\# filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/*.pl filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/syncshadowdb filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/runtests.sh filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/data/* filter_deny +ns_register_filter preauth GET /bugzilla/template/* filter_deny - proc filter_deny { why } { - ns_log Notice "filter_deny" - return "filter_return" - } - Warning +proc filter_deny { why } { + ns_log Notice "filter_deny" + return "filter_return" +} - This probably doesn't account for all possible editor backup files so - you may wish to add some additional variations of localconfig. For - more information, see bug 186383 or Bugtraq ID 6501. + Warning + + This probably doesn't account for all possible editor backup files so + you may wish to add some additional variations of localconfig. For + more information, see bug 186383 or Bugtraq ID 6501. Note - If you are using webdot from research.att.com (the default - configuration for the webdotbase paramater), you will need to allow - access to data/webdot/*.dot for the reasearch.att.com machine. + If you are using webdot from research.att.com (the default + configuration for the webdotbase paramater), you will need to allow + access to data/webdot/*.dot for the reasearch.att.com machine. - If you are using a local installation of GraphViz, you will need to - allow everybody to access *.png, *.gif, *.jpg, and *.map in the - data/webdot directory. + If you are using a local installation of GraphViz, you will need to + allow everybody to access *.png, *.gif, *.jpg, and *.map in the + data/webdot directory. _________________________________________________________________ 4.5. Troubleshooting - This section gives solutions to common Bugzilla installation problems. +This section gives solutions to common Bugzilla installation problems. _________________________________________________________________ 4.5.1. Bundle::Bugzilla makes me upgrade to Perl 5.6.1 - Try executing perl -MCPAN -e 'install CPAN' and then continuing. +Try executing perl -MCPAN -e 'install CPAN' and then continuing. - Certain older versions of the CPAN toolset were somewhat naive about - how to upgrade Perl modules. When a couple of modules got rolled into - the core Perl distribution for 5.6.1, CPAN thought that the best way - to get those modules up to date was to haul down the Perl distribution - itself and build it. Needless to say, this has caused headaches for - just about everybody. Upgrading to a newer version of CPAN with the - commandline above should fix things. +Certain older versions of the CPAN toolset were somewhat naive about how to +upgrade Perl modules. When a couple of modules got rolled into the core Perl +distribution for 5.6.1, CPAN thought that the best way to get those modules +up to date was to haul down the Perl distribution itself and build it. +Needless to say, this has caused headaches for just about everybody. +Upgrading to a newer version of CPAN with the commandline above should fix +things. _________________________________________________________________ 4.5.2. DBD::Sponge::db prepare failed - The following error message may appear due to a bug in DBD::mysql - (over which the Bugzilla team have no control): +The following error message may appear due to a bug in DBD::mysql (over +which the Bugzilla team have no control): + DBD::Sponge::db prepare failed: Cannot determine NUM_OF_FIELDS at D:/Perl/site /lib/DBD/mysql.pm line 248. SV = NULL(0x0) at 0x20fc444 @@ -1795,28 +1837,29 @@ Deny from all To fix this, go to <path-to-perl>/lib/DBD/sponge.pm in your Perl installation and replace - my $numFields; - if ($attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}) { - $numFields = $attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; - } elsif ($attribs->{'NAME'}) { - $numFields = @{$attribs->{NAME}}; + my $numFields; + if ($attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}) { + $numFields = $attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; + } elsif ($attribs->{'NAME'}) { + $numFields = @{$attribs->{NAME}}; by - my $numFields; - if ($attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}) { - $numFields = $attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; - } elsif ($attribs->{'NAMES'}) { - $numFields = @{$attribs->{NAMES}}; + my $numFields; + if ($attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}) { + $numFields = $attribs->{'NUM_OF_FIELDS'}; + } elsif ($attribs->{'NAMES'}) { + $numFields = @{$attribs->{NAMES}}; (note the S added to NAME.) _________________________________________________________________ 4.5.3. cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue) - If you are installing Bugzilla on SuSE Linux, or some other - distributions with "paranoid" security options, it is possible that - the checksetup.pl script may fail with the error: - cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue): Permission denied +If you are installing Bugzilla on SuSE Linux, or some other distributions +with "paranoid" security options, it is possible that the checksetup.pl +script may fail with the error: + +cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue): Permission denied This is because your /var/spool/mqueue directory has a mode of "drwx------". Type chmod 755 /var/spool/mqueue as root to fix this @@ -1825,53 +1868,54 @@ Deny from all 4.5.4. Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_NOINHERIT - This is caused by a bug in the version of File::Temp that is - distributed with perl 5.6.0. Many minor variations of this error have - been reported. Examples can be found in Figure 4-2. +This is caused by a bug in the version of File::Temp that is distributed +with perl 5.6.0. Many minor variations of this error have been reported. +Examples can be found in Figure 4-2. Figure 4-2. Other File::Temp error messages - Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_NOINHERIT, used - at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 208. +Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_NOINHERIT, used +at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 208. - Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_EXLOCK, used - at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 210. +Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_EXLOCK, used +at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 210. - Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_TEMPORARY, used - at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 233. +Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_TEMPORARY, used +at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 233. Numerous people have reported that upgrading to version 5.6.1 or higher solved the problem for them. A less involved fix is to apply the patch in Figure 4-3. The patch is also available as a patch file. Figure 4-3. Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0 - --- File/Temp.pm.orig Thu Feb 6 16:26:00 2003 - +++ File/Temp.pm Thu Feb 6 16:26:23 2003 - @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ - # eg CGI::Carp - local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {}; - local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {}; - + local *CORE::GLOBAL::die = sub {}; - $bit = &$func(); - 1; - }; - @@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ - # eg CGI::Carp - local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {}; - local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {}; - + local *CORE::GLOBAL::die = sub {}; - $bit = &$func(); - 1; - }; +--- File/Temp.pm.orig Thu Feb 6 16:26:00 2003 ++++ File/Temp.pm Thu Feb 6 16:26:23 2003 +@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ + # eg CGI::Carp + local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {}; + local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {}; ++ local *CORE::GLOBAL::die = sub {}; + $bit = &$func(); + 1; + }; +@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ + # eg CGI::Carp + local $SIG{__DIE__} = sub {}; + local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {}; ++ local *CORE::GLOBAL::die = sub {}; + $bit = &$func(); + 1; + }; _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.1. Bugzilla Configuration - Bugzilla is configured by changing various parameters, accessed from - the "Edit parameters" link in the page footer. Here are some of the - key parameters on that page. You should run down this list and set - them appropriately after installing Bugzilla. +Bugzilla is configured by changing various parameters, accessed from the +"Edit parameters" link in the page footer. Here are some of the key +parameters on that page. You should run down this list and set them +appropriately after installing Bugzilla. + 1. maintainer: The maintainer parameter is the email address of the person responsible for maintaining this Bugzilla installation. The address need not be that of a valid Bugzilla account. @@ -1957,12 +2001,12 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla wise idea to require comments when users resolve, reassign, or reopen bugs at the very least. - Note + Note - It is generally far better to require a developer comment when - resolving bugs than not. Few things are more annoying to bug database - users than having a developer mark a bug "fixed" without any comment - as to what the fix was (or even that it was truly fixed!) + It is generally far better to require a developer comment when + resolving bugs than not. Few things are more annoying to bug database + users than having a developer mark a bug "fixed" without any comment + as to what the fix was (or even that it was truly fixed!) 13. supportwatchers: Turning on this option allows users to ask to receive copies of all a particular other user's bug email. This is, of course, subject to the groupset restrictions on the bug; if @@ -1977,59 +2021,57 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.2.1. Creating the Default User - When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it will - prompt you for the administrative username (email address) and - password for this "super user". If for some reason you delete the - "super user" account, re-running checksetup.pl will again prompt you - for this username and password. +When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it will prompt +you for the administrative username (email address) and password for this +"super user". If for some reason you delete the "super user" account, +re-running checksetup.pl will again prompt you for this username and +password. Tip - If you wish to add more administrative users, add them to the "admin" - group and, optionally, add edit the tweakparams, editusers, - creategroups, editcomponents, and editkeywords groups to add the - entire admin group to those groups. + If you wish to add more administrative users, add them to the "admin" + group and, optionally, add edit the tweakparams, editusers, + creategroups, editcomponents, and editkeywords groups to add the + entire admin group to those groups. _________________________________________________________________ 5.2.2. Managing Other Users 5.2.2.1. Creating new users - Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the "New - Account" link at the bottom of each page (assuming they aren't logged - in as someone else already.) However, should you desire to create user - accounts ahead of time, here is how you do it. +Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the "New Account" +link at the bottom of each page (assuming they aren't logged in as someone +else already.) However, should you desire to create user accounts ahead of +time, here is how you do it. 1. After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of the query page, and then click "Add a new user". 2. Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. When done, click "Submit". - Note + Note - Adding a user this way will not send an email informing them of their - username and password. While useful for creating dummy accounts - (watchers which shuttle mail to another system, for instance, or email - addresses which are a mailing list), in general it is preferable to - log out and use the "New Account" button to create users, as it will - pre-populate all the required fields and also notify the user of her - account name and password. + Adding a user this way will not send an email informing them of their + username and password. While useful for creating dummy accounts + (watchers which shuttle mail to another system, for instance, or email + addresses which are a mailing list), in general it is preferable to + log out and use the "New Account" button to create users, as it will + pre-populate all the required fields and also notify the user of her + account name and password. _________________________________________________________________ 5.2.2.2. Modifying Users - To see a specific user, search for their login name in the box - provided on the "Edit Users" page. To see all users, leave the box - blank. +To see a specific user, search for their login name in the box provided on +the "Edit Users" page. To see all users, leave the box blank. - You can search in different ways the listbox to the right of the text - entry box. You can match by case-insensitive substring (the default), - regular expression, or a reverse regular expression match, which finds - every user name which does NOT match the regular expression. (Please - see the man regexp manual page for details on regular expression - syntax.) +You can search in different ways the listbox to the right of the text entry +box. You can match by case-insensitive substring (the default), regular +expression, or a reverse regular expression match, which finds every user +name which does NOT match the regular expression. (Please see the man regexp +manual page for details on regular expression syntax.) - Once you have found your user, you can change the following fields: +Once you have found your user, you can change the following fields: * Login Name: This is generally the user's full email address. However, if you have are using the emailsuffix Param, this may @@ -2049,13 +2091,13 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla Warning - Don't disable the administrator account! + Don't disable the administrator account! - Note + Note - The user can still submit bugs via the e-mail gateway, if you set it - up, even if the disabled text field is filled in. The e-mail gateway - should not be enabled for secure installations of Bugzilla. + The user can still submit bugs via the e-mail gateway, if you set it + up, even if the disabled text field is filled in. The e-mail gateway + should not be enabled for secure installations of Bugzilla. * <groupname>: If you have created some groups, e.g. "securitysensitive", then checkboxes will appear here to allow you to add users to, or remove them from, these groups. @@ -2094,18 +2136,18 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.3.1. Products - Products are the broadest category in Bugzilla, and tend to represent - real-world shipping products. E.g. if your company makes computer - games, you should have one product per game, perhaps a "Common" - product for units of technology used in multiple games, and maybe a - few special products (Website, Administration...) +Products are the broadest category in Bugzilla, and tend to represent +real-world shipping products. E.g. if your company makes computer games, you +should have one product per game, perhaps a "Common" product for units of +technology used in multiple games, and maybe a few special products +(Website, Administration...) - Many of Bugzilla's settings are configurable on a per-product basis. - The number of "votes" available to users is set per-product, as is the - number of votes required to move a bug automatically from the - UNCONFIRMED status to the NEW status. +Many of Bugzilla's settings are configurable on a per-product basis. The +number of "votes" available to users is set per-product, as is the number of +votes required to move a bug automatically from the UNCONFIRMED status to +the NEW status. - To create a new product: +To create a new product: 1. Select "products" from the footer 2. Select the "Add" link in the bottom right @@ -2121,23 +2163,22 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.3.2. Components - Components are subsections of a Product. E.g. the computer game you - are designing may have a "UI" component, an "API" component, a "Sound - System" component, and a "Plugins" component, each overseen by a - different programmer. It often makes sense to divide Components in - Bugzilla according to the natural divisions of responsibility within - your Product or company. +Components are subsections of a Product. E.g. the computer game you are +designing may have a "UI" component, an "API" component, a "Sound System" +component, and a "Plugins" component, each overseen by a different +programmer. It often makes sense to divide Components in Bugzilla according +to the natural divisions of responsibility within your Product or company. - Each component has a owner and (if you turned it on in the - parameters), a QA Contact. The owner should be the primary person who - fixes bugs in that component. The QA Contact should be the person who - will ensure these bugs are completely fixed. The Owner, QA Contact, - and Reporter will get email when new bugs are created in this - Component and when these bugs change. Default Owner and Default QA - Contact fields only dictate the default assignments; these can be - changed on bug submission, or at any later point in a bug's life. +Each component has a owner and (if you turned it on in the parameters), a QA +Contact. The owner should be the primary person who fixes bugs in that +component. The QA Contact should be the person who will ensure these bugs +are completely fixed. The Owner, QA Contact, and Reporter will get email +when new bugs are created in this Component and when these bugs change. +Default Owner and Default QA Contact fields only dictate the default +assignments; these can be changed on bug submission, or at any later point +in a bug's life. - To create a new Component: +To create a new Component: 1. Select the "Edit components" link from the "Edit product" page 2. Select the "Add" link in the bottom right. @@ -2150,12 +2191,11 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.3.3. Versions - Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders 3.1", - "Flinders 95", and "Flinders 2000". Version is not a multi-select - field; the usual practice is to select the most recent version with - the bug. +Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders 3.1", "Flinders +95", and "Flinders 2000". Version is not a multi-select field; the usual +practice is to select the most recent version with the bug. - To create and edit Versions: +To create and edit Versions: 1. From the "Edit product" screen, select "Edit Versions" 2. You will notice that the product already has the default version @@ -2166,14 +2206,14 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.3.4. Milestones - Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. For - example, you have a bug that you plan to fix for your 3.0 release, it - would be assigned the milestone of 3.0. +Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. For example, +you have a bug that you plan to fix for your 3.0 release, it would be +assigned the milestone of 3.0. Note - Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned on the - "usetargetmilestone" Param in the "Edit Parameters" screen. + Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned on the + "usetargetmilestone" Param in the "Edit Parameters" screen. To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set Milestone URL: @@ -2189,25 +2229,24 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 4. From the Edit product screen, you can enter the URL of a page which gives information about your milestones and what they mean. - Tip + Tip - If you want your milestone document to be restricted so that it can - only be viewed by people in a particular Bugzilla group, the best way - is to attach the document to a bug in that group, and make the URL the - URL of that attachment. + If you want your milestone document to be restricted so that it can + only be viewed by people in a particular Bugzilla group, the best way + is to attach the document to a bug in that group, and make the URL the + URL of that attachment. _________________________________________________________________ 5.4. Voting - Voting allows users to be given a pot of votes which they can allocate - to bugs, to indicate that they'd like them fixed. This allows - developers to gauge user need for a particular enhancement or bugfix. - By allowing bugs with a certain number of votes to automatically move - from "UNCONFIRMED" to "NEW", users of the bug system can help - high-priority bugs garner attention so they don't sit for a long time - awaiting triage. +Voting allows users to be given a pot of votes which they can allocate to +bugs, to indicate that they'd like them fixed. This allows developers to +gauge user need for a particular enhancement or bugfix. By allowing bugs +with a certain number of votes to automatically move from "UNCONFIRMED" to +"NEW", users of the bug system can help high-priority bugs garner attention +so they don't sit for a long time awaiting triage. - To modify Voting settings: +To modify Voting settings: 1. Navigate to the "Edit product" screen for the Product you wish to modify @@ -2226,22 +2265,20 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.5. Groups and Group Security - Groups allow the administrator to isolate bugs or products that should - only be seen by certain people. The association between products and - groups is controlled from the product edit page under "Edit Group - Controls." +Groups allow the administrator to isolate bugs or products that should only +be seen by certain people. The association between products and groups is +controlled from the product edit page under "Edit Group Controls." - If the makeproductgroups param is on, a new group will be - automatically created for every new product. +If the makeproductgroups param is on, a new group will be automatically +created for every new product. - On the product edit page, there is a page to edit the "Group Controls" - for a product and determine which groups are applicable, default, and - mandatory for each product as well as controlling entry for each - product and being able to set bugs in a product to be totally - read-only unless some group restrictions are met. +On the product edit page, there is a page to edit the "Group Controls" for a +product and determine which groups are applicable, default, and mandatory +for each product as well as controlling entry for each product and being +able to set bugs in a product to be totally read-only unless some group +restrictions are met. - For each group, it is possible to specify if membership in that group - is... +For each group, it is possible to specify if membership in that group is... 1. required for bug entry, 2. Not applicable to this product(NA), a possible restriction for a @@ -2268,12 +2305,12 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla fulfill the Regular Expression into the new group. When you have finished, click "Add". - Warning + Warning - The User Regexp is a perl regexp and, if not anchored, will match any - part of an address. So, if you do not want to grant access into - 'mycompany.com' to 'badperson@mycompany.com.hacker.net', use - '@mycompany\.com$' as the regexp. + The User Regexp is a perl regexp and, if not anchored, will match any + part of an address. So, if you do not want to grant access into + 'mycompany.com' to 'badperson@mycompany.com.hacker.net', use + '@mycompany\.com$' as the regexp. 4. After you add your new group, edit the new group. On the edit page, you can specify other groups that should be included in this group and which groups should be permitted to add and delete users @@ -2291,43 +2328,43 @@ Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla Warning - Poorly-configured MySQL and Bugzilla installations have given - attackers full access to systems in the past. Please take these - guidelines seriously, even for Bugzilla machines hidden away behind - your firewall. 80% of all computer trespassers are insiders, not - anonymous crackers. + Poorly-configured MySQL and Bugzilla installations have given + attackers full access to systems in the past. Please take these + guidelines seriously, even for Bugzilla machines hidden away behind + your firewall. 80% of all computer trespassers are insiders, not + anonymous crackers. Note - These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague since - Bugzilla runs on so many different platforms. If you have refinements - of these directions, please submit a bug to Bugzilla Documentation. + These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague since + Bugzilla runs on so many different platforms. If you have refinements + of these directions, please submit a bug to Bugzilla Documentation. - Warning + Warning - This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of every possible - security issue regarding the tools mentioned in this section. There is - no subsitute for reading the information written by the authors of any - software running on your system. + This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of every possible + security issue regarding the tools mentioned in this section. There is + no subsitute for reading the information written by the authors of any + software running on your system. _________________________________________________________________ 5.6.1. TCP/IP Ports - TCP/IP defines 65,000 some ports for trafic. Of those, Bugzilla only - needs 1... 2 if you need to use features that require e-mail such as - bug moving or the e-mail interface from contrib. You should audit your - server and make sure that you aren't listening on any ports you don't - need to be. You may also wish to use some kind of firewall software to - be sure that trafic can only be recieved on ports you specify. +TCP/IP defines 65,000 some ports for trafic. Of those, Bugzilla only needs +1... 2 if you need to use features that require e-mail such as bug moving or +the e-mail interface from contrib. You should audit your server and make +sure that you aren't listening on any ports you don't need to be. You may +also wish to use some kind of firewall software to be sure that trafic can +only be recieved on ports you specify. _________________________________________________________________ 5.6.2. MySQL - MySQL ships by default with many settings that should be changed. By - defaults it allows anybody to connect from localhost without a - password and have full administrative capabilities. It also defaults - to not have a root password (this is not the same as the system root). - Also, many installations default to running mysqld as the system root. +MySQL ships by default with many settings that should be changed. By +defaults it allows anybody to connect from localhost without a password and +have full administrative capabilities. It also defaults to not have a root +password (this is not the same as the system root). Also, many installations +default to running mysqld as the system root. 1. Consult the documentation that came with your system for information on making mysqld run as an unprivleged user. @@ -2347,9 +2384,9 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; should consider disabling networking from within MySQL by adding the following to your /etc/my.conf: - [myslqd] - # Prevent network access to MySQL. - skip-networking +[myslqd] +# Prevent network access to MySQL. +skip-networking 4. You may also consider running MySQL, or even all of Bugzilla in a @@ -2359,31 +2396,30 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 5.6.3. Daemon Accounts - Many daemons, such as Apache's httpd and MySQL's mysqld default to - running as either "root" or "nobody". Running as "root" introduces - obvious security problems, but the problems introduced by running - everything as "nobody" may not be so obvious. Basically, if you're - running every daemon as "nobody" and one of them gets comprimised, - they all get comprimised. For this reason it is recommended that you - create a user account for each daemon. +Many daemons, such as Apache's httpd and MySQL's mysqld default to running +as either "root" or "nobody". Running as "root" introduces obvious security +problems, but the problems introduced by running everything as "nobody" may +not be so obvious. Basically, if you're running every daemon as "nobody" and +one of them gets comprimised, they all get comprimised. For this reason it +is recommended that you create a user account for each daemon. Note - You will need to set the webservergroup to the group you created for - your webserver to run as in localconfig. This will allow - ./checksetup.pl to better adjust the file permissions on your Bugzilla - install so as to not require making anything world-writable. + You will need to set the webservergroup to the group you created for + your webserver to run as in localconfig. This will allow + ./checksetup.pl to better adjust the file permissions on your Bugzilla + install so as to not require making anything world-writable. _________________________________________________________________ 5.6.4. Web Server Access Controls - There are many files that are placed in the Bugzilla directory area - that should not be accessable from the web. Because of the way - Bugzilla is currently layed out, the list of what should and should - not be accessible is rather complicated. A new installation method is - currently in the works which should solve this by allowing files that - shouldn't be accessible from the web to be placed in directory outside - the webroot. See bug 44659 for more information. +There are many files that are placed in the Bugzilla directory area that +should not be accessable from the web. Because of the way Bugzilla is +currently layed out, the list of what should and should not be accessible is +rather complicated. A new installation method is currently in the works +which should solve this by allowing files that shouldn't be accessible from +the web to be placed in directory outside the webroot. See bug 44659 for +more information. * In the main Bugzilla directory, you should: + Block: *.pl, *localconfig*, runtests.sh @@ -2407,9 +2443,9 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Tip - Bugzilla ships with the ability to generate .htaccess files - instructing Apache which files should and should not be accessible. - For more information, see Section 4.4.1. + Bugzilla ships with the ability to generate .htaccess files + instructing Apache which files should and should not be accessible. + For more information, see Section 4.4.1. You should test to make sure that the files mentioned above are not accessible from the Internet, especially your localconfig file which @@ -2418,218 +2454,213 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; we'd try to access http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig. You should get a 403 Forbidden error. - Caution + Caution - Not following the instructions in this section, including testing, may - result in sensitive information being globally accessible. + Not following the instructions in this section, including testing, may + result in sensitive information being globally accessible. Tip - You should check Section 4.4 to see if instructions have been included - for your web server. You should also compare those instructions with - this list to make sure everything is properly accounted for. + You should check Section 4.4 to see if instructions have been included + for your web server. You should also compare those instructions with + this list to make sure everything is properly accounted for. _________________________________________________________________ 5.7. Template Customization - One of the large changes for 2.16 was the templatization of the entire - user-facing UI, using the Template Toolkit. Administrators can now - configure the look and feel of Bugzilla without having to edit Perl - files or face the nightmare of massive merge conflicts when they - upgrade to a newer version in the future. +One of the large changes for 2.16 was the templatization of the entire +user-facing UI, using the Template Toolkit. Administrators can now configure +the look and feel of Bugzilla without having to edit Perl files or face the +nightmare of massive merge conflicts when they upgrade to a newer version in +the future. - Templatization also makes localized versions of Bugzilla possible, for - the first time. As of version 2.17.4 which will soon become 2.18, it's - possible to have Bugzilla's language determined by the user's browser. - More information is available in Section 5.7.5. +Templatization also makes localized versions of Bugzilla possible, for the +first time. As of version 2.17.4 which will soon become 2.18, it's possible +to have Bugzilla's language determined by the user's browser. More +information is available in Section 5.7.5. _________________________________________________________________ 5.7.1. What to Edit - There are two different ways of editing of Bugzilla's templates, and - which you use depends mainly on how you upgrade Bugzilla. The template - directory structure is that there's a top level directory, template, - which contains a directory for each installed localization. The - default English templates are therefore in en. Underneath that, there - is the default directory and optionally the custom directory. The - default directory contains all the templates shipped with Bugzilla, - whereas the custom directory does not exist at first and must be - created if you want to use it. - - The first method of making customizations is to directly edit the - templates in template/en/default. This is probably the best method for - small changes if you are going to use the CVS method of upgrading, - because if you then execute a cvs update, any template fixes will get - automagically merged into your modified versions. - - If you use this method, your installation will break if CVS conflicts - occur. - - The other method is to copy the templates into a mirrored directory - structure under template/en/custom. The templates in this directory - automatically override those in default. This is the technique you - need to use if you use the overwriting method of upgrade, because - otherwise your changes will be lost. This method is also better if you - are using the CVS method of upgrading and are going to make major - changes, because it is guaranteed that the contents of this directory - will not be touched during an upgrade, and you can then decide whether - to continue using your own templates, or make the effort to merge your - changes into the new versions by hand. - - If you use this method, your installation may break if incompatible - changes are made to the template interface. If such changes are made - they will be documented in the release notes, provided you are using a - stable release of Bugzilla. If you use using unstable code, you will - need to deal with this one yourself, although if possible the changes - will be mentioned before they occur in the deprecations section of the - previous stable release's release notes. +There are two different ways of editing of Bugzilla's templates, and which +you use depends mainly on how you upgrade Bugzilla. The template directory +structure is that there's a top level directory, template, which contains a +directory for each installed localization. The default English templates are +therefore in en. Underneath that, there is the default directory and +optionally the custom directory. The default directory contains all the +templates shipped with Bugzilla, whereas the custom directory does not exist +at first and must be created if you want to use it. + +The first method of making customizations is to directly edit the templates +in template/en/default. This is probably the best method for small changes +if you are going to use the CVS method of upgrading, because if you then +execute a cvs update, any template fixes will get automagically merged into +your modified versions. + +If you use this method, your installation will break if CVS conflicts occur. + +The other method is to copy the templates into a mirrored directory +structure under template/en/custom. The templates in this directory +automatically override those in default. This is the technique you need to +use if you use the overwriting method of upgrade, because otherwise your +changes will be lost. This method is also better if you are using the CVS +method of upgrading and are going to make major changes, because it is +guaranteed that the contents of this directory will not be touched during an +upgrade, and you can then decide whether to continue using your own +templates, or make the effort to merge your changes into the new versions by +hand. + +If you use this method, your installation may break if incompatible changes +are made to the template interface. If such changes are made they will be +documented in the release notes, provided you are using a stable release of +Bugzilla. If you use using unstable code, you will need to deal with this +one yourself, although if possible the changes will be mentioned before they +occur in the deprecations section of the previous stable release's release +notes. Note - Don't directly edit the compiled templates in data/template/* - your - changes will be lost when Template Toolkit recompiles them. + Don't directly edit the compiled templates in data/template/* - your + changes will be lost when Template Toolkit recompiles them. Note - It is recommended that you run ./checksetup.pl after any template - edits, especially if you've created a new file in the custom - directory. + It is recommended that you run ./checksetup.pl after any template + edits, especially if you've created a new file in the custom + directory. _________________________________________________________________ 5.7.2. How To Edit Templates - The syntax of the Template Toolkit language is beyond the scope of - this guide. It's reasonably easy to pick up by looking at the current - templates; or, you can read the manual, available on the Template - Toolkit home page. However, you should particularly remember (for - security reasons) to always HTML filter things which come from the - database or user input, to prevent cross-site scripting attacks. - - However, one thing you should take particular care about is the need - to properly HTML filter data that has been passed into the template. - This means that if the data can possibly contain special HTML - characters such as <, and the data was not intended to be HTML, they - need to be converted to entity form, ie <. You use the 'html' - filter in the Template Toolkit to do this. If you fail to do this, you - may open up your installation to cross-site scripting attacks. - - Also note that Bugzilla adds a few filters of its own, that are not in - standard Template Toolkit. In particular, the 'url_quote' filter can - convert characters that are illegal or have special meaning in URLs, - such as &, to the encoded form, ie %26. This actually encodes most - characters (but not the common ones such as letters and numbers and so - on), including the HTML-special characters, so there's never a need to - HTML filter afterwards. - - Editing templates is a good way of doing a "poor man's custom fields". - For example, if you don't use the Status Whiteboard, but want to have - a free-form text entry box for "Build Identifier", then you can just - edit the templates to change the field labels. It's still be called - status_whiteboard internally, but your users don't need to know that. +The syntax of the Template Toolkit language is beyond the scope of this +guide. It's reasonably easy to pick up by looking at the current templates; +or, you can read the manual, available on the Template Toolkit home page. +However, you should particularly remember (for security reasons) to always +HTML filter things which come from the database or user input, to prevent +cross-site scripting attacks. + +However, one thing you should take particular care about is the need to +properly HTML filter data that has been passed into the template. This means +that if the data can possibly contain special HTML characters such as <, and +the data was not intended to be HTML, they need to be converted to entity +form, ie <. You use the 'html' filter in the Template Toolkit to do this. +If you fail to do this, you may open up your installation to cross-site +scripting attacks. + +Also note that Bugzilla adds a few filters of its own, that are not in +standard Template Toolkit. In particular, the 'url_quote' filter can convert +characters that are illegal or have special meaning in URLs, such as &, to +the encoded form, ie %26. This actually encodes most characters (but not the +common ones such as letters and numbers and so on), including the +HTML-special characters, so there's never a need to HTML filter afterwards. + +Editing templates is a good way of doing a "poor man's custom fields". For +example, if you don't use the Status Whiteboard, but want to have a +free-form text entry box for "Build Identifier", then you can just edit the +templates to change the field labels. It's still be called status_whiteboard +internally, but your users don't need to know that. Note - If you are making template changes that you intend on submitting back - for inclusion in standard Bugzilla, you should read the relevant - sections of the Developers' Guide. + If you are making template changes that you intend on submitting back + for inclusion in standard Bugzilla, you should read the relevant + sections of the Developers' Guide. _________________________________________________________________ 5.7.3. Template Formats - Some CGIs have the ability to use more than one template. For example, - buglist.cgi can output bug lists as RDF or two different forms of HTML - (complex and simple). (Try this out by appending &format=simple to a - buglist.cgi URL on your Bugzilla installation.) This mechanism, called - template 'formats', is extensible. +Some CGIs have the ability to use more than one template. For example, +buglist.cgi can output bug lists as RDF or two different forms of HTML +(complex and simple). (Try this out by appending &format=simple to a +buglist.cgi URL on your Bugzilla installation.) This mechanism, called +template 'formats', is extensible. - To see if a CGI supports multiple output formats, grep the CGI for - "ValidateOutputFormat". If it's not present, adding multiple format - support isn't too hard - see how it's done in other CGIs. +To see if a CGI supports multiple output formats, grep the CGI for +"ValidateOutputFormat". If it's not present, adding multiple format support +isn't too hard - see how it's done in other CGIs. - To make a new format template for a CGI which supports this, open a - current template for that CGI and take note of the INTERFACE comment - (if present.) This comment defines what variables are passed into this - template. If there isn't one, I'm afraid you'll have to read the - template and the code to find out what information you get. +To make a new format template for a CGI which supports this, open a current +template for that CGI and take note of the INTERFACE comment (if present.) +This comment defines what variables are passed into this template. If there +isn't one, I'm afraid you'll have to read the template and the code to find +out what information you get. - Write your template in whatever markup or text style is appropriate. +Write your template in whatever markup or text style is appropriate. - You now need to decide what content type you want your template served - as. Open up the localconfig file and find the $contenttypes variable. - If your content type is not there, add it. Remember the three- or - four-letter tag assigned to you content type. This tag will be part of - the template filename. +You now need to decide what content type you want your template served as. +Open up the localconfig file and find the $contenttypes variable. If your +content type is not there, add it. Remember the three- or four-letter tag +assigned to you content type. This tag will be part of the template +filename. - Save the template as <stubname>-<formatname>.<contenttypetag>.tmpl. - Try out the template by calling the CGI as - <cginame>.cgi?format=<formatname> . +Save the template as <stubname>-<formatname>.<contenttypetag>.tmpl. Try out +the template by calling the CGI as <cginame>.cgi?format=<formatname> . _________________________________________________________________ 5.7.4. Particular Templates - There are a few templates you may be particularly interested in - customizing for your installation. - - index.html.tmpl: This is the Bugzilla front page. - - global/header.html.tmpl: This defines the header that goes on all - Bugzilla pages. The header includes the banner, which is what appears - to users and is probably what you want to edit instead. However the - header also includes the HTML HEAD section, so you could for example - add a stylesheet or META tag by editing the header. - - global/banner.html.tmpl: This contains the "banner", the part of the - header that appears at the top of all Bugzilla pages. The default - banner is reasonably barren, so you'll probably want to customize this - to give your installation a distinctive look and feel. It is - recommended you preserve the Bugzilla version number in some form so - the version you are running can be determined, and users know what - docs to read. - - global/footer.html.tmpl: This defines the footer that goes on all - Bugzilla pages. Editing this is another way to quickly get a - distinctive look and feel for your Bugzilla installation. - - bug/create/user-message.html.tmpl: This is a message that appears near - the top of the bug reporting page. By modifying this, you can tell - your users how they should report bugs. - - bug/process/midair.html.tmpl: This is the page used if two people - submit simultaneous changes to the same bug. The second person to - submit their changes will get this page to tell them what the first - person did, and ask if they wish to overwrite those changes or go back - and revisit the bug. The default title and header on this page read - "Mid-air collision detected!" If you work in the aviation industry, or - other environment where this might be found offensive (yes, we have - true stories of this happening) you'll want to change this to - something more appropriate for your environment. - - bug/create/create.html.tmpl and bug/create/comment.txt.tmpl: You may - wish to get bug submitters to give certain bits of structured - information, each in a separate input widget, for which there is not a - field in the database. The bug entry system has been designed in an - extensible fashion to enable you to define arbitrary fields and - widgets, and have their values appear formatted in the initial - Description, rather than in database fields. An example of this is the - mozilla.org guided bug submission form. - - To make this work, create a custom template for enter_bug.cgi (the - default template, on which you could base it, is create.html.tmpl), - and either call it create.html.tmpl or use a format and call it - create-<formatname>.html.tmpl. Put it in the custom/bug/create - directory. In it, add widgets for each piece of information you'd like - collected - such as a build number, or set of steps to reproduce. - - Then, create a template like custom/bug/create/comment.txt.tmpl, also - named after your format if you are using one, which references the - form fields you have created. When a bug report is submitted, the - initial comment attached to the bug report will be formatted according - to the layout of this template. - - For example, if your enter_bug template had a field - <input type="text" name="buildid" size="30"> - - and then your comment.txt.tmpl had +There are a few templates you may be particularly interested in customizing +for your installation. + +index.html.tmpl: This is the Bugzilla front page. + +global/header.html.tmpl: This defines the header that goes on all Bugzilla +pages. The header includes the banner, which is what appears to users and is +probably what you want to edit instead. However the header also includes the +HTML HEAD section, so you could for example add a stylesheet or META tag by +editing the header. + +global/banner.html.tmpl: This contains the "banner", the part of the header +that appears at the top of all Bugzilla pages. The default banner is +reasonably barren, so you'll probably want to customize this to give your +installation a distinctive look and feel. It is recommended you preserve the +Bugzilla version number in some form so the version you are running can be +determined, and users know what docs to read. + +global/footer.html.tmpl: This defines the footer that goes on all Bugzilla +pages. Editing this is another way to quickly get a distinctive look and +feel for your Bugzilla installation. + +bug/create/user-message.html.tmpl: This is a message that appears near the +top of the bug reporting page. By modifying this, you can tell your users +how they should report bugs. + +bug/process/midair.html.tmpl: This is the page used if two people submit +simultaneous changes to the same bug. The second person to submit their +changes will get this page to tell them what the first person did, and ask +if they wish to overwrite those changes or go back and revisit the bug. The +default title and header on this page read "Mid-air collision detected!" If +you work in the aviation industry, or other environment where this might be +found offensive (yes, we have true stories of this happening) you'll want to +change this to something more appropriate for your environment. + +bug/create/create.html.tmpl and bug/create/comment.txt.tmpl: You may wish to +get bug submitters to give certain bits of structured information, each in a +separate input widget, for which there is not a field in the database. The +bug entry system has been designed in an extensible fashion to enable you to +define arbitrary fields and widgets, and have their values appear formatted +in the initial Description, rather than in database fields. An example of +this is the mozilla.org guided bug submission form. + +To make this work, create a custom template for enter_bug.cgi (the default +template, on which you could base it, is create.html.tmpl), and either call +it create.html.tmpl or use a format and call it +create-<formatname>.html.tmpl. Put it in the custom/bug/create directory. In +it, add widgets for each piece of information you'd like collected - such as +a build number, or set of steps to reproduce. + +Then, create a template like custom/bug/create/comment.txt.tmpl, also named +after your format if you are using one, which references the form fields you +have created. When a bug report is submitted, the initial comment attached +to the bug report will be formatted according to the layout of this +template. + +For example, if your enter_bug template had a field + +<input type="text" name="buildid" size="30"> + +and then your comment.txt.tmpl had + BuildID: [% form.buildid %] then @@ -2640,31 +2671,31 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 5.7.5. Configuring Bugzilla to Detect the User's Language - Begining in version 2.18 (first introduced in version 2.17.4), it's - now possible to have the users web browser tell Bugzilla which - language templates to use for each visitor (using the HTTP_ACCEPT - header). For this to work, Bugzilla needs to have the correct language - templates installed for the version of Bugzilla you are using. Many - language templates can be obtained from - http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations. Instructions for - submitting new languages are also available from that location. +Begining in version 2.18 (first introduced in version 2.17.4), it's now +possible to have the users web browser tell Bugzilla which language +templates to use for each visitor (using the HTTP_ACCEPT header). For this +to work, Bugzilla needs to have the correct language templates installed for +the version of Bugzilla you are using. Many language templates can be +obtained from http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations. +Instructions for submitting new languages are also available from that +location. - After untarring the localizations (or creating your own) in the - [Bugzilla_Root]/template directory, you must update the languages - parameter to contain any localizations you'd like to permit. You may - also wish to set the defaultlanguage parameter to something other than - "en" if you don't want Engish to be the default language. +After untarring the localizations (or creating your own) in the +[Bugzilla_Root]/template directory, you must update the languages parameter +to contain any localizations you'd like to permit. You may also wish to set +the defaultlanguage parameter to something other than "en" if you don't want +Engish to be the default language. _________________________________________________________________ 5.8. Change Permission Customization - Warning + Warning - This feature should be considered experimental; the Bugzilla code you - will be changing is not stable, and could change or move between - versions. Be aware that if you make modifications to it, you may have - to re-make them or port them if Bugzilla changes internally between - versions. + This feature should be considered experimental; the Bugzilla code you + will be changing is not stable, and could change or move between + versions. Be aware that if you make modifications to it, you may have + to re-make them or port them if Bugzilla changes internally between + versions. Companies often have rules about which employees, or classes of employees, are allowed to change certain things in the bug system. For @@ -2685,10 +2716,10 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Certain marked sections should not be changed - these are the "plumbing" which makes the rest of the function work. In between those sections, you'll find snippets of code like: - # Allow the owner to change anything. - if ($ownerid eq $whoid) { - return 1; - } + # Allow the owner to change anything. + if ($ownerid eq $whoid) { + return 1; + } It's fairly obvious what this piece of code does. @@ -2705,27 +2736,27 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; $ownerid has been obtained from the database. You can either add a positive check, which returns 1 (allow) if certain conditions are true, or a negative check, which returns 0 (deny.) E.g.: - if ($field eq "qacontact") { - if (Bugzilla->user->groups("quality_assurance")) { - return 1; - } - else { - return 0; - } - } + if ($field eq "qacontact") { + if (Bugzilla->user->groups("quality_assurance")) { + return 1; + } + else { + return 0; + } + } This says that only users in the group "quality_assurance" can change the QA Contact field of a bug. Getting more weird: - if (($field eq "priority") && - (Bugzilla->user->email =~ /.*\@example\.com$/)) - { - if ($oldvalue eq "P1") { - return 1; - } - else { - return 0; - } - } + if (($field eq "priority") && + (Bugzilla->user->email =~ /.*\@example\.com$/)) + { + if ($oldvalue eq "P1") { + return 1; + } + else { + return 0; + } + } This says that if the user is trying to change the priority field, and their email address is @example.com, they can only do so if the old @@ -2738,12 +2769,12 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 5.9. Upgrading to New Releases - Warning + Warning - Upgrading is a one-way process. You should backup your database and - current Bugzilla directory before attempting the upgrade. If you wish - to revert to the old Bugzilla version for any reason, you will have to - restore from these backups. + Upgrading is a one-way process. You should backup your database and + current Bugzilla directory before attempting the upgrade. If you wish + to revert to the old Bugzilla version for any reason, you will have to + restore from these backups. Upgrading Bugzilla is something we all want to do from time to time, be it to get new features or pick up the latest security fix. How easy @@ -2794,65 +2825,65 @@ mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Tip - If you can do this, updating using CVS is probably the most painless - method, especially if you have a lot of local changes. - bash$ cd /var/www/html/bugzilla - bash$ cvs login - Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:2401/cvsroot - CVS password: anonymous - bash$ cvs -q update -r BUGZILLA-2_16_2 -dP - P checksetup.pl - P collectstats.pl - P globals.pl - P docs/rel_notes.txt - P template/en/default/list/quips.html.tmpl + If you can do this, updating using CVS is probably the most painless + method, especially if you have a lot of local changes. +bash$ cd /var/www/html/bugzilla +bash$ cvs login +Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:2401/cvsroot +CVS password: anonymous +bash$ cvs -q update -r BUGZILLA-2_16_2 -dP +P checksetup.pl +P collectstats.pl +P globals.pl +P docs/rel_notes.txt +P template/en/default/list/quips.html.tmpl Caution - If a line in the output from cvs update begins with a C that - represents a file with local changes that CVS was unable to properly - merge. You need to resolve these conflicts manually before Bugzilla - (or at least the portion using that file) will be usable. + If a line in the output from cvs update begins with a C that + represents a file with local changes that CVS was unable to properly + merge. You need to resolve these conflicts manually before Bugzilla + (or at least the portion using that file) will be usable. Note - You also need to run ./checksetup.pl before your Bugzilla upgrade will - be complete. + You also need to run ./checksetup.pl before your Bugzilla upgrade will + be complete. Example 5-2. Upgrading using the tarball If you are unable or unwilling to use CVS, another option that's always available is to download the latest tarball. This is the most difficult option to use, especially if you have local changes. - bash$ cd /var/www/html - bash$ wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/webtools/bugzilla-2.16.2.tar.gz - Output omitted - bash$ tar xzvf bugzilla-2.16.2.tar.gz - bugzilla-2.16.2/ - bugzilla-2.16.2/.cvsignore - bugzilla-2.16.2/1x1.gif - Output truncated - bash$ cd bugzilla-2.16.2 - bash$ cp ../bugzilla/localconfig* . - bash$ cp -r ../bugzilla/data . - bash$ cd .. - bash$ mv bugzilla bugzilla.old - bash$ mv bugzilla-2.16.2 bugzilla - bash$ cd bugzilla - bash$ ./checksetup.pl - Output omitted +bash$ cd /var/www/html +bash$ wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/webtools/bugzilla-2.16.2.tar.gz +Output omitted +bash$ tar xzvf bugzilla-2.16.2.tar.gz +bugzilla-2.16.2/ +bugzilla-2.16.2/.cvsignore +bugzilla-2.16.2/1x1.gif +Output truncated +bash$ cd bugzilla-2.16.2 +bash$ cp ../bugzilla/localconfig* . +bash$ cp -r ../bugzilla/data . +bash$ cd .. +bash$ mv bugzilla bugzilla.old +bash$ mv bugzilla-2.16.2 bugzilla +bash$ cd bugzilla +bash$ ./checksetup.pl +Output omitted Warning - The cp commands both end with periods which is a very important - detail, it tells the shell that the destination directory is the - current working directory. Also, the period at the beginning of the - ./checksetup.pl is important and can not be omitted. + The cp commands both end with periods which is a very important + detail, it tells the shell that the destination directory is the + current working directory. Also, the period at the beginning of the + ./checksetup.pl is important and can not be omitted. Note - You will now have to reapply any changes you have made to your local - installation manually. + You will now have to reapply any changes you have made to your local + installation manually. Example 5-3. Upgrading using patches @@ -2878,247 +2909,250 @@ patching file globals.pl Caution - If you do this, beware that this doesn't change the entires in your - CVS directory so it may make updates using CVS (Example 5-1) more - difficult in the future. + If you do this, beware that this doesn't change the entires in your + CVS directory so it may make updates using CVS (Example 5-1) more + difficult in the future. _________________________________________________________________ 5.10. Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools 5.10.1. Bonsai - Bonsai is a web-based tool for managing CVS, the Concurrent Versioning - System . Using Bonsai, administrators can control open/closed status - of trees, query a fast relational database back-end for change, - branch, and comment information, and view changes made since the last - time the tree was closed. Bonsai also integrates with Tinderbox, the - Mozilla automated build management system. +Bonsai is a web-based tool for managing CVS, the Concurrent Versioning +System . Using Bonsai, administrators can control open/closed status of +trees, query a fast relational database back-end for change, branch, and +comment information, and view changes made since the last time the tree was +closed. Bonsai also integrates with Tinderbox, the Mozilla automated build +management system. _________________________________________________________________ 5.10.2. CVS - CVS integration is best accomplished, at this point, using the - Bugzilla Email Gateway. +CVS integration is best accomplished, at this point, using the Bugzilla +Email Gateway. - Follow the instructions in this Guide for enabling Bugzilla e-mail - integration. Ensure that your check-in script sends an email to your - Bugzilla e-mail gateway with the subject of "[Bug XXXX]", and you can - have CVS check-in comments append to your Bugzilla bug. If you want to - have the bug be closed automatically, you'll have to modify the - contrib/bugzilla_email_append.pl script. +Follow the instructions in this Guide for enabling Bugzilla e-mail +integration. Ensure that your check-in script sends an email to your +Bugzilla e-mail gateway with the subject of "[Bug XXXX]", and you can have +CVS check-in comments append to your Bugzilla bug. If you want to have the +bug be closed automatically, you'll have to modify the +contrib/bugzilla_email_append.pl script. - There is also a CVSZilla project, based upon somewhat dated Bugzilla - code, to integrate CVS and Bugzilla through CVS' ability to email. - Check it out at: http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/~tonyg/. +There is also a CVSZilla project, based upon somewhat dated Bugzilla code, +to integrate CVS and Bugzilla through CVS' ability to email. Check it out +at: http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/~tonyg/. _________________________________________________________________ 5.10.3. Perforce SCM - You can find the project page for Bugzilla and Teamtrack Perforce - integration (p4dti) at: http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/ . - "p4dti" is now an officially supported product from Perforce, and you - can find the "Perforce Public Depot" p4dti page at - http://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/p4dti/index.html . +You can find the project page for Bugzilla and Teamtrack Perforce +integration (p4dti) at: http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/ . "p4dti" +is now an officially supported product from Perforce, and you can find the +"Perforce Public Depot" p4dti page at +http://public.perforce.com/public/perforce/p4dti/index.html . - Integration of Perforce with Bugzilla, once patches are applied, is - seamless. Perforce replication information will appear below the - comments of each bug. Be certain you have a matching set of patches - for the Bugzilla version you are installing. p4dti is designed to - support multiple defect trackers, and maintains its own documentation - for it. Please consult the pages linked above for further information. +Integration of Perforce with Bugzilla, once patches are applied, is +seamless. Perforce replication information will appear below the comments of +each bug. Be certain you have a matching set of patches for the Bugzilla +version you are installing. p4dti is designed to support multiple defect +trackers, and maintains its own documentation for it. Please consult the +pages linked above for further information. _________________________________________________________________ 5.10.4. Tinderbox/Tinderbox2 - We need Tinderbox integration information. +We need Tinderbox integration information. _________________________________________________________________ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ - This FAQ includes questions not covered elsewhere in the Guide. +This FAQ includes questions not covered elsewhere in the Guide. 1. General Questions A.1.1. Where can I find information about Bugzilla? - A.1.2. What license is Bugzilla distributed under? - A.1.3. How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? + A.1.2. What license is Bugzilla distributed under? + A.1.3. How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? A.1.4. What major companies or projects are currently using - Bugzilla for bug-tracking? + Bugzilla for bug-tracking? - A.1.5. Who maintains Bugzilla? + A.1.5. Who maintains Bugzilla? A.1.6. How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking - databases? + databases? A.1.7. Why doesn't Bugzilla offer this or that feature or - compatibility with this other tracking software? + compatibility with this other tracking software? A.1.8. Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on - Oracle/Sybase/Msql/PostgreSQL/MSSQL. + Oracle/Sybase/Msql/PostgreSQL/MSSQL. - A.1.9. What is /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl? + A.1.9. What is /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl? A.1.10. My perl is not located at /usr/bin/perl, is there an easy - way to change it everywhere it needs to be changed? + way to change it everywhere it needs to be changed? - A.1.11. Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? + A.1.11. Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? 2. Managerial Questions A.2.1. Is Bugzilla web-based, or do you have to have specific - software or a specific operating system on your machine? + software or a specific operating system on your machine? - A.2.2. Can Bugzilla integrate with Perforce (SCM software)? - A.2.3. Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? + A.2.2. Can Bugzilla integrate with Perforce (SCM software)? + A.2.3. Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? A.2.4. If I am on many projects, and search for all bugs assigned to me, will Bugzilla list them for me and allow me to - sort by project, severity etc? + sort by project, severity etc? A.2.5. Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, URLs - etc)? If yes, are there any that are NOT allowed? + etc)? If yes, are there any that are NOT allowed? A.2.6. Does Bugzilla allow us to define our own priorities and levels? Do we have complete freedom to change the labels of fields and format of them, and the choice of - acceptable values? + acceptable values? A.2.7. Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You know, the type of stuff that management - likes to see. :) + likes to see. :) A.2.8. Is there email notification and if so, what do you see - when you get an email? + when you get an email? A.2.9. Can email notification be set up to send to multiple - people, some on the To List, CC List, BCC List etc? + people, some on the To List, CC List, BCC List etc? A.2.10. Do users have to have any particular type of email - application? + application? A.2.11. Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders write up a bug report using a MS Word bug template, could that template be imported into "matching" fields? If I wanted to take the results of a query and - export that data to MS Excel, could I do that? + export that data to MS Excel, could I do that? A.2.12. Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be - used in other countries? Is it localizable? + used in other countries? Is it localizable? A.2.13. Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in - Word format? Excel format? + Word format? Excel format? A.2.14. Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, - compound search? + compound search? A.2.15. Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access to the same bug? Does the second person get a notice that the bug is in use or how are - they notified? + they notified? - A.2.16. Are there any backup features provided? + A.2.16. Are there any backup features provided? A.2.17. Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress? - + A.2.18. What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and maintain Bugzilla? Specifically, what type of skills does the person need to have? I need to find out if we were to go with Bugzilla, what types of individuals would we need to hire and how much would that cost vs - buying an "Out-of-the-Box" solution. + buying an "Out-of-the-Box" solution. A.2.19. What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install and maintain the Bugzilla? Is this something that takes hours or weeks to install and a couple of hours per week to maintain and customize or is this a multi-week install process, plus a full time job - for 1 person, 2 people, etc? + for 1 person, 2 people, etc? A.2.20. Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any out-of-pocket cost other than the bodies - needed as identified above? + needed as identified above? 3. Bugzilla Security A.3.1. How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems (I've followed the instructions in the - installation section of this guide)? + installation section of this guide)? - A.3.2. Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? + A.3.2. Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? A.3.3. I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security advisory of 5/10/2000 advising not to run MySQL as root, and am running into problems with MySQL no - longer working correctly. + longer working correctly. 4. Bugzilla Email A.4.1. I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email - from Bugzilla. How do I stop it entirely for this user? + from Bugzilla. How do I stop it entirely for this user? A.4.2. I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send - email to anyone but me. How do I do it? + email to anyone but me. How do I do it? A.4.3. I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other - than, only new bugs. How do I do it? + than, only new bugs. How do I do it? A.4.4. I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to - bug_email.pl. What alternatives do I have? + bug_email.pl. What alternatives do I have? A.4.5. How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs - via email? + via email? A.4.6. Email takes FOREVER to reach me from Bugzilla -- it's - extremely slow. What gives? + extremely slow. What gives? - A.4.7. How come email from Bugzilla changes never reaches me? + A.4.7. How come email from Bugzilla changes never reaches me? 5. Bugzilla Database - A.5.1. I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? + A.5.1. I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? A.5.2. I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid - entries. What do I do? + entries. What do I do? - A.5.3. I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? + A.5.3. I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? A.5.4. I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but - Bugzilla still can't connect. + Bugzilla still can't connect. A.5.5. How do I synchronize bug information among multiple - different Bugzilla databases? + different Bugzilla databases? 6. Bugzilla and Win32 A.6.1. What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 - (Win98+/NT/2K)? + (Win98+/NT/2K)? - A.6.2. Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? + A.6.2. Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? A.6.3. CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid - Windows NT application" error. Why? + Windows NT application" error. Why? A.6.4. I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being - able to talk to to the database. + able to talk to to the database. 7. Bugzilla Usage - A.7.1. How do I change my user name (email address) in Bugzilla? + A.7.1. How do I change my user name (email address) in Bugzilla? A.7.2. The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler - way to query? + way to query? A.7.3. I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form. Why doesn't it assign the bug to me when I - accept it? + accept it? A.7.4. I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create - Attachment" link. What am I doing wrong? + Attachment" link. What am I doing wrong? A.7.5. How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are - using it? + using it? + + A.7.6. Why can't I close bugs from the "Change Several Bugs at + Once" page? 8. Bugzilla Hacking - A.8.1. What kind of style should I use for templatization? - A.8.2. What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? + A.8.1. What kind of style should I use for templatization? + A.8.2. What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? A.8.3. How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default priority be "---" instead of - "P2"? + "P2"? A.8.4. What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines - should I follow? + should I follow? 1. General Questions @@ -3224,7 +3258,7 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ Yes, the following bit of perl magic will change all the shebang lines. Be sure to change /usr/local/bin/perl to your path to the perl binary. - perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bin/perl@#\!/usr/local/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl +perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bin/perl@#\!/usr/local/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl A.1.11. Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? @@ -3234,7 +3268,7 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ Note - Questions likely to be asked by managers. :-) + Questions likely to be asked by managers. :-) A.2.1. Is Bugzilla web-based, or do you have to have specific software or a specific operating system on your machine? @@ -3311,12 +3345,12 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ Note - If you decide to use the bugzilla_email integration features to allow - Bugzilla to record responses to mail with the associated bug, you may - need to caution your users to set their mailer to "respond to messages - in the format in which they were sent". For security reasons Bugzilla - ignores HTML tags in comments, and if a user sends HTML-based email - into Bugzilla the resulting comment looks downright awful. + If you decide to use the bugzilla_email integration features to allow + Bugzilla to record responses to mail with the associated bug, you may + need to caution your users to set their mailer to "respond to messages + in the format in which they were sent". For security reasons Bugzilla + ignores HTML tags in comments, and if a user sends HTML-based email + into Bugzilla the resulting comment looks downright awful. A.2.11. Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders write up a bug report using a MS Word bug template, could @@ -3548,9 +3582,9 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ Warning - Running MySQL with this command line option is very insecure and - should only be done when not connected to the external network as a - troubleshooting step. + Running MySQL with this command line option is very insecure and + should only be done when not connected to the external network as a + troubleshooting step. A.5.5. How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla databases? @@ -3659,24 +3693,38 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ replace the old keyword name with a new one. This will cause a problem with the keyword cache. Run sanitycheck.cgi to fix it. + A.7.6. Why can't I close bugs from the "Change Several Bugs at Once" + page? + + The logic flow currently used is RESOLVED, then VERIFIED, then CLOSED. + You can mass-CLOSE bugs from the change several bugs at once page. + but, every bug listed on the page has to be in VERIFIED state before + the control to do it will show up on the form. You can also + mass-VERIFY, but every bug listed has to be RESOLVED in order for the + control to show up on the form. The logic behind this is that if you + pick one of the bugs that's not VERIFIED and try to CLOSE it, the bug + change will fail miserably (thus killing any changes in the list after + it while doing the bulk change) so it doesn't even give you the + choice. + 8. Bugzilla Hacking A.8.1. What kind of style should I use for templatization? Gerv and Myk suggest a 2-space indent, with embedded code sections on their own line, in line with outer tags. Like this: - <fred> - [% IF foo %] - <bar> - [% FOREACH x = barney %] - <tr> - <td> - [% x %] - </td> - <tr> - [% END %] - [% END %] - </fred> +<fred> +[% IF foo %] + <bar> + [% FOREACH x = barney %] + <tr> + <td> + [% x %] + </td> + <tr> + [% END %] +[% END %] +</fred> Myk also recommends you turn on PRE_CHOMP in the template initialization to prevent bloating of HTML with unnecessary @@ -3733,94 +3781,90 @@ Appendix B. The Bugzilla Database Note - This document really needs to be updated with more fleshed out - information about primary keys, interrelationships, and maybe some - nifty tables to document dependencies. Any takers? + This document really needs to be updated with more fleshed out + information about primary keys, interrelationships, and maybe some + nifty tables to document dependencies. Any takers? _________________________________________________________________ B.1. Modifying Your Running System - Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static - information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ - subdirectory under your installation directory. +Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static +information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ subdirectory +under your installation directory. - If you make a change to the structural data in your database (the - versions table for example), or to the "constants" encoded in - defparams.pl, you will need to remove the cached content from the data - directory (by doing a "rm data/versioncache" ), or your changes won't - show up. +If you make a change to the structural data in your database (the versions +table for example), or to the "constants" encoded in defparams.pl, you will +need to remove the cached content from the data directory (by doing a "rm +data/versioncache" ), or your changes won't show up. - versioncache gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an - hour old, so Bugzilla will eventually notice your changes by itself, - but generally you want it to notice right away, so that you can test - things. +versioncache gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an hour +old, so Bugzilla will eventually notice your changes by itself, but +generally you want it to notice right away, so that you can test things. _________________________________________________________________ B.2. MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction - This information comes straight from my life. I was forced to learn - how Bugzilla organizes database because of nitpicky requests from - users for tiny changes in wording, rather than having people - re-educate themselves or figure out how to work our procedures around - the tool. It sucks, but it can and will happen to you, so learn how - the schema works and deal with it when it comes. - - So, here you are with your brand-new installation of Bugzilla. You've - got MySQL set up, Apache working right, Perl DBI and DBD talking to - the database flawlessly. Maybe you've even entered a few test bugs to - make sure email's working; people seem to be notified of new bugs and - changes, and you can enter and edit bugs to your heart's content. - Perhaps you've gone through the trouble of setting up a gateway for - people to submit bugs to your database via email, have had a few - people test it, and received rave reviews from your beta testers. - - What's the next thing you do? Outline a training strategy for your - development team, of course, and bring them up to speed on the new - tool you've labored over for hours. - - Your first training session starts off very well! You have a captive - audience which seems enraptured by the efficiency embodied in this - thing called "Bugzilla". You are caught up describing the nifty - features, how people can save favorite queries in the database, set - them up as headers and footers on their pages, customize their - layouts, generate reports, track status with greater efficiency than - ever before, leap tall buildings with a single bound and rescue Jane - from the clutches of Certain Death! - - But Certain Death speaks up -- a tiny voice, from the dark corners of - the conference room. "I have a concern," the voice hisses from the - darkness, "about the use of the word 'verified'." - - The room, previously filled with happy chatter, lapses into - reverential silence as Certain Death (better known as the Vice - President of Software Engineering) continues. "You see, for two years - we've used the word 'verified' to indicate that a developer or quality - assurance engineer has confirmed that, in fact, a bug is valid. I - don't want to lose two years of training to a new software product. - You need to change the bug status of 'verified' to 'approved' as soon - as possible. To avoid confusion, of course." - - Oh no! Terror strikes your heart, as you find yourself mumbling "yes, - yes, I don't think that would be a problem," You review the changes - with Certain Death, and continue to jabber on, "no, it's not too big a - change. I mean, we have the source code, right? You know, 'Use the - Source, Luke' and all that... no problem," All the while you quiver - inside like a beached jellyfish bubbling, burbling, and boiling on a - hot Jamaican sand dune... - - Thus begins your adventure into the heart of Bugzilla. You've been - forced to learn about non-portable enum() fields, varchar columns, and - tinyint definitions. The Adventure Awaits You! +This information comes straight from my life. I was forced to learn how +Bugzilla organizes database because of nitpicky requests from users for tiny +changes in wording, rather than having people re-educate themselves or +figure out how to work our procedures around the tool. It sucks, but it can +and will happen to you, so learn how the schema works and deal with it when +it comes. + +So, here you are with your brand-new installation of Bugzilla. You've got +MySQL set up, Apache working right, Perl DBI and DBD talking to the database +flawlessly. Maybe you've even entered a few test bugs to make sure email's +working; people seem to be notified of new bugs and changes, and you can +enter and edit bugs to your heart's content. Perhaps you've gone through the +trouble of setting up a gateway for people to submit bugs to your database +via email, have had a few people test it, and received rave reviews from +your beta testers. + +What's the next thing you do? Outline a training strategy for your +development team, of course, and bring them up to speed on the new tool +you've labored over for hours. + +Your first training session starts off very well! You have a captive +audience which seems enraptured by the efficiency embodied in this thing +called "Bugzilla". You are caught up describing the nifty features, how +people can save favorite queries in the database, set them up as headers and +footers on their pages, customize their layouts, generate reports, track +status with greater efficiency than ever before, leap tall buildings with a +single bound and rescue Jane from the clutches of Certain Death! + +But Certain Death speaks up -- a tiny voice, from the dark corners of the +conference room. "I have a concern," the voice hisses from the darkness, +"about the use of the word 'verified'." + +The room, previously filled with happy chatter, lapses into reverential +silence as Certain Death (better known as the Vice President of Software +Engineering) continues. "You see, for two years we've used the word +'verified' to indicate that a developer or quality assurance engineer has +confirmed that, in fact, a bug is valid. I don't want to lose two years of +training to a new software product. You need to change the bug status of +'verified' to 'approved' as soon as possible. To avoid confusion, of +course." + +Oh no! Terror strikes your heart, as you find yourself mumbling "yes, yes, I +don't think that would be a problem," You review the changes with Certain +Death, and continue to jabber on, "no, it's not too big a change. I mean, we +have the source code, right? You know, 'Use the Source, Luke' and all +that... no problem," All the while you quiver inside like a beached +jellyfish bubbling, burbling, and boiling on a hot Jamaican sand dune... + +Thus begins your adventure into the heart of Bugzilla. You've been forced to +learn about non-portable enum() fields, varchar columns, and tinyint +definitions. The Adventure Awaits You! _________________________________________________________________ B.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics - If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless about the - internals of MySQL, and if it weren't for this executive order from - the Vice President you couldn't care less about the difference between - a "bigint" and a "tinyint" entry in MySQL. I recommend you refer to - the MySQL documentation . Below are the basics you need to know about - the Bugzilla database. Check the chart above for more details. +If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless about the +internals of MySQL, and if it weren't for this executive order from the Vice +President you couldn't care less about the difference between a "bigint" and +a "tinyint" entry in MySQL. I recommend you refer to the MySQL documentation +. Below are the basics you need to know about the Bugzilla database. Check +the chart above for more details. 1. To connect to your database: bash# mysql -u root @@ -3839,41 +3883,42 @@ B.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics B.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables - Imagine your MySQL database as a series of spreadsheets, and you won't - be too far off. If you use this command: - - mysql> show tables from bugs; - - you'll be able to see the names of all the "spreadsheets" (tables) in - your database. - - From the command issued above, ou should have some output that looks - like this: - +-------------------+ - | Tables in bugs | - +-------------------+ - | attachments | - | bugs | - | bugs_activity | - | cc | - | components | - | dependencies | - | fielddefs | - | groups | - | keyworddefs | - | keywords | - | logincookies | - | longdescs | - | milestones | - | namedqueries | - | products | - | profiles | - | profiles_activity | - | tokens | - | versions | - | votes | - | watch | - +-------------------+ +Imagine your MySQL database as a series of spreadsheets, and you won't be +too far off. If you use this command: + +mysql> show tables from bugs; + +you'll be able to see the names of all the "spreadsheets" (tables) in your +database. + +From the command issued above, ou should have some output that looks like +this: + ++-------------------+ +| Tables in bugs | ++-------------------+ +| attachments | +| bugs | +| bugs_activity | +| cc | +| components | +| dependencies | +| fielddefs | +| groups | +| keyworddefs | +| keywords | +| logincookies | +| longdescs | +| milestones | +| namedqueries | +| products | +| profiles | +| profiles_activity | +| tokens | +| versions | +| votes | +| watch | ++-------------------+ Here's an overview of what each table does. Most columns in each tab le have @@ -4061,23 +4106,23 @@ B.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables Appendix C. Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla - Are you looking for a way to put your Bugzilla into overdrive? Catch - some of the niftiest tricks here in this section. +Are you looking for a way to put your Bugzilla into overdrive? Catch some of +the niftiest tricks here in this section. _________________________________________________________________ C.1. Apache mod_rewrite magic - Apache's mod_rewrite module lets you do some truly amazing things with - URL rewriting. Here are a couple of examples of what you can do. +Apache's mod_rewrite module lets you do some truly amazing things with URL +rewriting. Here are a couple of examples of what you can do. 1. Make it so if someone types http://www.foo.com/12345 , Bugzilla spits back http://www.foo.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12345. Try setting up your VirtualHost section for Bugzilla with a rule like this: - <VirtualHost 12.34.56.78> - RewriteEngine On - RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)$ http://foo.bar.com/show_bug.cgi?id=$1 [L,R] - </VirtualHost> +<VirtualHost 12.34.56.78> +RewriteEngine On +RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)$ http://foo.bar.com/show_bug.cgi?id=$1 [L,R] +</VirtualHost> 2. There are many, many more things you can do with mod_rewrite. Please refer to the mod_rewrite documentation at @@ -4086,117 +4131,113 @@ C.1. Apache mod_rewrite magic C.2. Command-line Bugzilla Queries - There are a suite of Unix utilities for querying Bugzilla from the - command line. They live in the contrib/cmdline directory. However, - they have not yet been updated to work with 2.16 - (post-templatisation.). There are three files - query.conf, buglist - and bugs. +There are a suite of Unix utilities for querying Bugzilla from the command +line. They live in the contrib/cmdline directory. However, they have not yet +been updated to work with 2.16 (post-templatisation.). There are three files +- query.conf, buglist and bugs. - query.conf contains the mapping from options to field names and - comparison types. Quoted option names are "grepped" for, so it should - be easy to edit this file. Comments (#) have no effect; you must make - sure these lines do not contain any quoted "option". +query.conf contains the mapping from options to field names and comparison +types. Quoted option names are "grepped" for, so it should be easy to edit +this file. Comments (#) have no effect; you must make sure these lines do +not contain any quoted "option". - buglist is a shell script which submits a Bugzilla query and writes - the resulting HTML page to stdout. It supports both short options, - (such as "-Afoo" or "-Rbar") and long options (such as - "--assignedto=foo" or "--reporter=bar"). If the first character of an - option is not "-", it is treated as if it were prefixed with - "--default=". +buglist is a shell script which submits a Bugzilla query and writes the +resulting HTML page to stdout. It supports both short options, (such as +"-Afoo" or "-Rbar") and long options (such as "--assignedto=foo" or +"--reporter=bar"). If the first character of an option is not "-", it is +treated as if it were prefixed with "--default=". - The column list is taken from the COLUMNLIST environment variable. - This is equivalent to the "Change Columns" option when you list bugs - in buglist.cgi. If you have already used Bugzilla, grep for COLUMNLIST - in your cookies file to see your current COLUMNLIST setting. +The column list is taken from the COLUMNLIST environment variable. This is +equivalent to the "Change Columns" option when you list bugs in buglist.cgi. +If you have already used Bugzilla, grep for COLUMNLIST in your cookies file +to see your current COLUMNLIST setting. - bugs is a simple shell script which calls buglist and extracts the bug - numbers from the output. Adding the prefix - "http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=" turns the bug list - into a working link if any bugs are found. Counting bugs is easy. Pipe - the results through sed -e 's/,/ /g' | wc | awk '{printf $2 "\n"}' +bugs is a simple shell script which calls buglist and extracts the bug +numbers from the output. Adding the prefix +"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=" turns the bug list into a +working link if any bugs are found. Counting bugs is easy. Pipe the results +through sed -e 's/,/ /g' | wc | awk '{printf $2 "\n"}' - Akkana Peck says she has good results piping buglist output through - w3m -T text/html -dump +Akkana Peck says she has good results piping buglist output through w3m -T +text/html -dump _________________________________________________________________ Appendix D. Bugzilla Variants and Competitors - I created this section to answer questions about Bugzilla competitors - and variants, then found a wonderful site which covers an awful lot of - what I wanted to discuss. Rather than quote it in its entirety, I'll - simply refer you here: http://linas.org/linux/pm.html. +I created this section to answer questions about Bugzilla competitors and +variants, then found a wonderful site which covers an awful lot of what I +wanted to discuss. Rather than quote it in its entirety, I'll simply refer +you here: http://linas.org/linux/pm.html. _________________________________________________________________ D.1. Red Hat Bugzilla - Red Hat's old fork of Bugzilla which was based on version 2.8 is now - obsolete. The newest version in use is based on version 2.17.1 and is - in the process of being integrated into the main Bugzilla source tree. - The back-end is modified to work with PostgreSQL instead of MySQL and - they have custom templates to get their desired look and feel, but - other than that it is Bugzilla 2.17.1. Dave Lawrence of Red Hat put - forth a great deal of effort to make sure that the changes he made - could be integrated back into the main tree. Bug 98304 exists to track - this integration. +Red Hat's old fork of Bugzilla which was based on version 2.8 is now +obsolete. The newest version in use is based on version 2.17.1 and is in the +process of being integrated into the main Bugzilla source tree. The back-end +is modified to work with PostgreSQL instead of MySQL and they have custom +templates to get their desired look and feel, but other than that it is +Bugzilla 2.17.1. Dave Lawrence of Red Hat put forth a great deal of effort +to make sure that the changes he made could be integrated back into the main +tree. Bug 98304 exists to track this integration. - URL: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ +URL: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ - This section last updated 24 Dec 2002 +This section last updated 24 Dec 2002 _________________________________________________________________ D.2. Loki Bugzilla (Fenris) - Fenris was a fork from Bugzilla made by Loki Games; when Loki went - into receivership, it died. While Loki's other code lives on, its - custodians recommend Bugzilla for future bug-tracker deployments. +Fenris was a fork from Bugzilla made by Loki Games; when Loki went into +receivership, it died. While Loki's other code lives on, its custodians +recommend Bugzilla for future bug-tracker deployments. - This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 +This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 _________________________________________________________________ D.3. Issuezilla - Issuezilla was another fork from Bugzilla, made by collab.net and - hosted at tigris.org. It is also dead; the primary focus of - bug-tracking at tigris.org is their Java-based bug-tracker, Section - D.4. +Issuezilla was another fork from Bugzilla, made by collab.net and hosted at +tigris.org. It is also dead; the primary focus of bug-tracking at tigris.org +is their Java-based bug-tracker, Section D.4. - This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 +This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 _________________________________________________________________ D.4. Scarab - Scarab is a new open source bug-tracking system built using Java - Servlet technology. It is currently at version 1.0 beta 13. +Scarab is a new open source bug-tracking system built using Java Servlet +technology. It is currently at version 1.0 beta 13. - URL: http://scarab.tigris.org/ +URL: http://scarab.tigris.org/ - This section last updated 18 Jan 2003 +This section last updated 18 Jan 2003 _________________________________________________________________ D.5. Perforce SCM - Although Perforce isn't really a bug tracker, it can be used as such - through the "jobs" functionality. +Although Perforce isn't really a bug tracker, it can be used as such through +the "jobs" functionality. - URL: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technotes/note052.html +URL: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technotes/note052.html - This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 +This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 _________________________________________________________________ D.6. SourceForge - SourceForge is a way of coordinating geographically distributed free - software and open source projects over the Internet. It has a built-in - bug tracker, but it's not highly thought of. +SourceForge is a way of coordinating geographically distributed free +software and open source projects over the Internet. It has a built-in bug +tracker, but it's not highly thought of. - URL: http://www.sourceforge.net +URL: http://www.sourceforge.net - This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 +This section last updated 27 Jul 2002 _________________________________________________________________ Appendix E. GNU Free Documentation License - Version 1.1, March 2000 +Version 1.1, March 2000 Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy @@ -4206,152 +4247,143 @@ Appendix E. GNU Free Documentation License 0. 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(This is - not unique to Netscape or to 4.0; the same thing has happened with - every software project I've ever seen.) Anyway, at the release party, - T-shirts were handed out that said something like "Netscape 4.0: Zarro - Boogs". Just like the software, the T-shirt had no known bugs. Uh-huh. - So, when you query for a list of bugs, and it gets no results, you can - think of this as a friendly reminder. Of *course* there are bugs - matching your query, they just aren't in the bugsystem yet... + I've been asked to explain this ... way back when, when Netscape + released version 4.0 of its browser, we had a release party. + Naturally, there had been a big push to try and fix every known bug + before the release. Naturally, that hadn't actually happened. (This is + not unique to Netscape or to 4.0; the same thing has happened with + every software project I've ever seen.) Anyway, at the release party, + T-shirts were handed out that said something like "Netscape 4.0: Zarro + Boogs". Just like the software, the T-shirt had no known bugs. Uh-huh. + So, when you query for a list of bugs, and it gets no results, you can + think of this as a friendly reminder. Of *course* there are bugs + matching your query, they just aren't in the bugsystem yet... - --Terry Weissman + --Terry Weissman |