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diff --git a/docs/html/Bugzilla-Guide.html b/docs/html/Bugzilla-Guide.html index 4c91b1051..694648c26 100644 --- a/docs/html/Bugzilla-Guide.html +++ b/docs/html/Bugzilla-Guide.html @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ CLASS="corpauthor" >The Bugzilla Team</H3 ><P CLASS="pubdate" ->2003-02-16<BR></P +>2003-04-23<BR></P ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ NAME="AEN14" ><P > This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format. - Changes are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached + Changes are best submitted as plain text or XML diffs, attached to a bug filed in the <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation" TARGET="_top" @@ -444,6 +444,26 @@ CLASS="LOT" CLASS="LOT" ><DT ><B +>List of Figures</B +></DT +><DT +>4-1. <A +HREF="#trouble-filetemp-errors" +>Other File::Temp error messages</A +></DT +><DT +>4-2. <A +HREF="#trouble-filetemp-patch" +>Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0</A +></DT +></DL +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="LOT" +><DL +CLASS="LOT" +><DT +><B >List of Examples</B ></DT ><DT @@ -2347,7 +2367,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >Date::Parse </A > - (any) + (2.21) </P ></LI ><LI @@ -2465,124 +2485,6 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV > - <DIV -CLASS="note" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="note" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P ->Linux-Mandrake 8.0 includes every - required and optional library for Bugzilla. The easiest way to - install them is by using the - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->urpmi</TT -> - - utility. If you follow these commands, you should have everything you - need for Bugzilla, and - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->checksetup.pl</TT -> - - should not complain about any missing libraries. You may already have - some of these installed.</P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-mysql</B -> - </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-chart</B -> - </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-gd</B -> - </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-MailTools</B -> - - (for Bugzilla email integration)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi apache-modules</B -> - </TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -> </P ></DIV ><DIV @@ -2945,7 +2847,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN586" +NAME="AEN566" ></A >4.1.5.1. DBI</H3 ><P @@ -2960,7 +2862,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN589" +NAME="AEN569" ></A >4.1.5.2. Data::Dumper</H3 ><P @@ -2974,7 +2876,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN592" +NAME="AEN572" ></A >4.1.5.3. MySQL-related modules</H3 ><P @@ -3000,7 +2902,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN597" +NAME="AEN577" ></A >4.1.5.4. TimeDate modules</H3 ><P @@ -3016,7 +2918,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN600" +NAME="AEN580" ></A >4.1.5.5. GD (optional)</H3 ><P @@ -3071,7 +2973,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN607" +NAME="AEN587" ></A >4.1.5.6. Chart::Base (optional)</H3 ><P @@ -3086,7 +2988,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN610" +NAME="AEN590" ></A >4.1.5.7. Template Toolkit</H3 ><P @@ -3155,7 +3057,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN620" +NAME="AEN600" ></A >4.1.7. Bugzilla</H2 ><P @@ -3220,112 +3122,13 @@ CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > script, which locks down your installation.</P -><P ->Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link to - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT -> - for the correct location of your Perl executable (probably - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bin/perl</TT ->). - Otherwise you must hack all the .cgi files to change where they look - for Perl. This can be done using the following Perl one-liner, but - I suggest using the symlink approach to avoid upgrade hassles. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="note" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="note" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P -><SPAN -CLASS="QUOTE" ->"Bonsaitools"</SPAN -> is the name Terry Weissman, the - original author of Bugzilla, created - for his suite of webtools at the time he created Bugzilla and several - other tools in use at mozilla.org. He created a directory, - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools</TT -> to house his specific versions - of perl and other utilities. This usage is still current at - <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/" -TARGET="_top" ->bugzilla.mozilla.org</A ->, - but in general most other places do not use it. You can either edit - the paths at the start of each perl file to the correct location of - perl on your system, or simply bow to history and create a - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools</TT -> and <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin - </TT -> directory, placing a symlink to perl on your system - inside <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin</TT -> - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -><P -> - <TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="programlisting" -> perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#\!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm syncshadowdb - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -> - - Change <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bin/perl</TT -> to match the location - of Perl on your machine. - </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN645" +NAME="AEN611" ></A >4.1.8. Setting Up the MySQL Database</H2 ><P @@ -3492,13 +3295,41 @@ CLASS="command" ></P > </P +><DIV +CLASS="note" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/note.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Note"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>If you are using MySQL 4, the bugs user also needs to be granted + the LOCK TABLES and CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES permissions. + </P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN681" +NAME="AEN649" ></A >4.1.9. <TT CLASS="filename" @@ -3651,7 +3482,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN713" +NAME="AEN681" ></A >4.1.10. Configuring Bugzilla</H2 ><P @@ -3677,7 +3508,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN719" +NAME="AEN687" ></A >4.2.1. Dependency Charts</H2 ><P @@ -3741,7 +3572,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN734" +NAME="AEN702" ></A >4.2.2. Bug Graphs</H2 ><P @@ -3800,7 +3631,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN747" +NAME="AEN715" ></A >4.2.3. The Whining Cron</H2 ><P @@ -4513,150 +4344,6 @@ CLASS="programlisting" ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="section" -><HR><H4 -CLASS="section" -><A -NAME="AEN863" -></A ->4.3.1.3.2. System Calls</H4 -><P ->In order to get system calls to work on win32's perl, you need - to tell the windows shell what interpreter to use. This is done by - changing the <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> calls. You will need to - search all of Bugzilla's code for <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> calls. - To tell perl your interpreter, it needs to be the first argument to - the <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> call. For example, you'll need to - change: - </P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="programlisting" -> system("$webdotbase","-Tpng","-o","$pngfilename","$filename"); - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -><P ->with</P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="programlisting" -> system("C:\\perl\\bin\\perl", "$webdotbase","-Tpng","-o","$pngfilename","$filename"); - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -><DIV -CLASS="tip" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="tip" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/tip.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Tip"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P ->The <B -CLASS="command" ->grep</B -> command is very helpful in finding - these <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> calls, assuming you have the - <SPAN -CLASS="productname" ->cygwin</SPAN -> utilities. - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="note" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="note" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P ->It appears that the only <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> call - remaining in the Bugzilla codebase is in - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->showdependencygraph.cgi</TT ->. Not changing this - file will only cause dependency graphs to not function if the - <TT -CLASS="option" ->webdotbase</TT -> paramater points to a local - installation of <A -HREF="http://www.graphviz.org" -TARGET="_top" ->GraphViz</A ->. - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" @@ -4710,7 +4397,7 @@ TARGET="_top" to modify the first line of every script to contain your path to perl instead of <TT CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>/usr/bin/perl</TT >. </P ></TD @@ -4783,7 +4470,7 @@ CLASS="command" This should go through the motions of downloading the latest version of the GD module, then it will open a shell and drop you into the build directory. Apply <A -HREF="../sgml/gd-makefile.patch" +HREF="../xml/gd-makefile.patch" TARGET="_top" >this patch</A > @@ -4851,6 +4538,105 @@ CLASS="command" > </P ></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><HR><H2 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="os-mandrake" +></A +>4.3.3. Linux-Mandrake 8.0</H2 +><P +>Linux-Mandrake 8.0 includes every required and optional library + for Bugzilla. The easiest way to install them is by using the + <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi</B +> utility. If you follow these commands, you + should have everything you need for Bugzilla, and + <B +CLASS="command" +>./checksetup.pl</B +> should not complain about any + missing libraries. You may already have some of these installed. + </P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="screen" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-mysql</B +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-chart</B +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-gd</B +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-MailTools</B +> <A +NAME="test-mailtools" +><IMG +SRC="../images/callouts/1.gif" +HSPACE="0" +VSPACE="0" +BORDER="0" +ALT="(1)"></A +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi apache-modules</B +> + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><DIV +CLASS="calloutlist" +><DL +COMPACT="COMPACT" +><DT +><A +HREF="#test-mailtools" +><IMG +SRC="../images/callouts/1.gif" +HSPACE="0" +VSPACE="0" +BORDER="0" +ALT="(1)"></A +></DT +><DD +>for Bugzilla e-mail integration</DD +></DL +></DIV +></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" @@ -5433,7 +5219,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1009" +NAME="AEN977" ></A >4.5.1. Bundle::Bugzilla makes me upgrade to Perl 5.6.1</H2 ><P @@ -5458,7 +5244,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1014" +NAME="AEN982" ></A >4.5.2. DBD::Sponge::db prepare failed</H2 ><P @@ -5597,6 +5383,116 @@ CLASS="filename" as root to fix this problem. </P ></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><HR><H2 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="trouble-filetemp" +></A +>4.5.4. Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_NOINHERIT</H2 +><P +>This is caused by a bug in the version of + <SPAN +CLASS="productname" +>File::Temp</SPAN +> that is distributed with perl + 5.6.0. Many minor variations of this error have been reported. Examples + can be found in <A +HREF="#trouble-filetemp-errors" +>Figure 4-1</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="figure" +><A +NAME="trouble-filetemp-errors" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 4-1. Other File::Temp error messages</B +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> 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_TEMPORARY, used +at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 233. + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +><P +>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 <A +HREF="#trouble-filetemp-patch" +>Figure 4-2</A +>. The patch is also + available as a <A +HREF="../xml/filetemp.patch" +TARGET="_top" +>patch file</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="figure" +><A +NAME="trouble-filetemp-patch" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 4-2. Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0</B +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> --- 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; + }; + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV @@ -7435,7 +7331,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1443" +NAME="AEN1425" ></A >5.7.1. What to Edit</H2 ><P @@ -7550,7 +7446,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1462" +NAME="AEN1444" ></A >5.7.2. How To Edit Templates</H2 ><P @@ -7632,7 +7528,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1472" +NAME="AEN1454" ></A >5.7.3. Template Formats</H2 ><P @@ -7694,7 +7590,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1485" +NAME="AEN1467" ></A >5.7.4. Particular Templates</H2 ><P @@ -8747,12 +8643,24 @@ HREF="#faq-general-mysql" ><DT >A.1.9. <A HREF="#faq-general-bonsaitools" -> Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of - "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? +> What is <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.10. <A +HREF="#faq-general-perlpath" +> My perl is not located at <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bin/perl</TT +>, is + there an easy way to change it everywhere it needs to be changed? + </A +></DT +><DT +>A.1.11. <A HREF="#faq-general-cookie" > Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? </A @@ -9534,8 +9442,10 @@ NAME="faq-general-bonsaitools" ><B >A.1.9. </B > - Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of - "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? + What is <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>? </P ></DIV ><DIV @@ -9544,16 +9454,72 @@ CLASS="answer" ><B > </B > - Mozilla.org uses /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, because originally - Terry wanted a place to put a version of Perl and other tools - that was strictly under his control. - </P + Bugzilla used to have the path to perl on the shebang line set to + <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +> because when + Terry first started writing the code for mozilla.org he needed a + version of Perl and other tools that were completely under his + control. This location was abandoned for the 2.18 release in favor + of the more sensible <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bin/perl</TT +>. If you + installed an older verion of Bugzilla and created the symlink we + suggested, you can remove it now (provided that you don't have + anything else, such as Bonsai, using it and you don't intend to + reinstall an older version of Bugzilla). + </P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="qandaentry" +><DIV +CLASS="question" ><P -> We always recommend that, if possible, you keep the path - as /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, and simply add symlink. - This will make upgrading - your Bugzilla much easier in the future. - </P +><A +NAME="faq-general-perlpath" +></A +><B +>A.1.10. </B +> + My perl is not located at <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bin/perl</TT +>, is + there an easy way to change it everywhere it needs to be changed? + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="answer" +><P +><B +> </B +> + Yes, the following bit of perl magic will change all the shebang + lines. Be sure to change <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/local/bin/perl</TT +> + to your path to the perl binary. + </P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bin/perl@#\!/usr/local/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV @@ -9565,7 +9531,7 @@ CLASS="question" NAME="faq-general-cookie" ></A ><B ->A.1.10. </B +>A.1.11. </B > Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? </P @@ -9979,12 +9945,12 @@ CLASS="computeroutput" CLASS="filename" >importxml.pl</TT > which is intended to be - used for importing the data generated by <TT + used for importing the data generated by the XML ctype of + <TT CLASS="filename" ->xml.cgi</TT -> - in association with bug moving. Any other use is left as an - exercise for the user. +>show_bug.cgi</TT +> in association with bug moving. + Any other use is left as an exercise for the user. </P ><P > There are also scripts included in the <TT @@ -10020,9 +9986,9 @@ CLASS="answer" > Yes. For more information including available translated templates, see <A -HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html" +HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations" TARGET="_top" ->http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html</A +>http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations</A >. The admin interfaces are still not included in these translated templates and is therefore still English only. Also, there may be @@ -10442,13 +10408,14 @@ CLASS="answer" > </B > Try Klaas Freitag's excellent patch for "whineatassigned" functionality. - You can find it at<A -HREF=" http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679" + You can find it at <A +HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679" TARGET="_top" -> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679</A +>http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679</A >. This patch is against an older version of Bugzilla, so you must apply the diffs manually. + </P ></DIV ></DIV @@ -10476,7 +10443,7 @@ CLASS="answer" You can call bug_email.pl directly from your aliases file, with an entry like this: <A -NAME="AEN1894" +NAME="AEN1886" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -10920,7 +10887,7 @@ CLASS="answer" ><P > Microsoft has some advice on this matter, as well: <A -NAME="AEN1977" +NAME="AEN1969" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -11279,7 +11246,7 @@ TARGET="_top" This list includes bugs for the 2.18 release that have already been fixed and checked into CVS. Please consult the <A -HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" +HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/" TARGET="_top" > Bugzilla Project Page</A > for details on how to @@ -11550,7 +11517,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2099" +NAME="AEN2091" ></A >B.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics</H2 ><P @@ -11666,7 +11633,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2126" +NAME="AEN2118" ></A >B.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables</H3 ><P @@ -12234,7 +12201,7 @@ NAME="gfdl" ><P >Version 1.1, March 2000</P ><A -NAME="AEN2214" +NAME="AEN2206" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -12699,7 +12666,7 @@ NAME="gfdl-howto" of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page:</P ><A -NAME="AEN2304" +NAME="AEN2296" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -12736,7 +12703,7 @@ CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="AEN2309" +NAME="AEN2301" ></A >0-9, high ascii</H1 ><DL @@ -12978,7 +12945,7 @@ CLASS="glossdiv" ><A NAME="gloss-c" ></A -></H1 +>C</H1 ><DL ><DT ><A @@ -13207,22 +13174,52 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ><P ></P -><UL -><LI +><DIV +CLASS="variablelist" +><DL +><DT +><A +HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Backup.html" +TARGET="_top" +>Backup</A +></DT +><DD ><P +>Methods for backing up your Bugzilla database. + </P +></DD +><DT ><A -HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/r/Privilege_system.html" +HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Option_files.html" TARGET="_top" ->MySQL - Privilege System</A -> - Much more detailed information about - the suggestions in <A +>Option Files</A +></DT +><DD +><P +>Information about how to configure MySQL using + <TT +CLASS="filename" +>my.cnf</TT +>. + </P +></DD +><DT +><A +HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Privilege_system.html" +TARGET="_top" +>Privilege System</A +></DT +><DD +><P +>Much more detailed information about the suggestions in + <A HREF="#security-mysql" >Section 5.6.2</A >. - </P -></LI -></UL + </P +></DD +></DL +></DIV ></DD ></DL ></DIV @@ -13473,16 +13470,70 @@ NAME="gloss-z" ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="zarro-boogs-found" +NAME="gloss-zarro" ></A ><B >Zarro Boogs Found</B ></DT ><DD ><P ->This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a query - returned no results. It is just a goofy way of saying "Zero Bugs - Found".</P +>This is just a goofy way of saying that there were no bugs + found matching your query. When asked to explain this message, + Terry had the following to say: + </P +><A +NAME="AEN2515" +></A +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +WIDTH="100%" +CELLSPACING="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +VALIGN="TOP" +> </TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>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. + </P +><P +>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... + </P +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +VALIGN="TOP" +> </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +COLSPAN="2" +ALIGN="RIGHT" +VALIGN="TOP" +>--<SPAN +CLASS="attribution" +>Terry Weissman</SPAN +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +> </TD +></TR +></TABLE ></DD ></DL ></DIV diff --git a/docs/html/administration.html b/docs/html/administration.html index c505edaeb..f8a111328 100644 --- a/docs/html/administration.html +++ b/docs/html/administration.html @@ -180,22 +180,22 @@ HREF="cust-templates.html" ><DL ><DT >5.7.1. <A -HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1443" +HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1425" >What to Edit</A ></DT ><DT >5.7.2. <A -HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1462" +HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1444" >How To Edit Templates</A ></DT ><DT >5.7.3. <A -HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1472" +HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1454" >Template Formats</A ></DT ><DT >5.7.4. <A -HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1485" +HREF="cust-templates.html#AEN1467" >Particular Templates</A ></DT ></DL diff --git a/docs/html/cust-templates.html b/docs/html/cust-templates.html index a7e333030..e34e1815a 100644 --- a/docs/html/cust-templates.html +++ b/docs/html/cust-templates.html @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1443" +NAME="AEN1425" ></A >5.7.1. What to Edit</H2 ><P @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1462" +NAME="AEN1444" ></A >5.7.2. How To Edit Templates</H2 ><P @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1472" +NAME="AEN1454" ></A >5.7.3. Template Formats</H2 ><P @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1485" +NAME="AEN1467" ></A >5.7.4. Particular Templates</H2 ><P diff --git a/docs/html/dbdoc.html b/docs/html/dbdoc.html index 830bb0ee2..8e0109d0d 100644 --- a/docs/html/dbdoc.html +++ b/docs/html/dbdoc.html @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2099" +NAME="AEN2091" ></A >B.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics</H2 ><P @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2126" +NAME="AEN2118" ></A >B.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables</H3 ><P diff --git a/docs/html/extraconfig.html b/docs/html/extraconfig.html index 6699ba2cd..0bd60486a 100644 --- a/docs/html/extraconfig.html +++ b/docs/html/extraconfig.html @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN719" +NAME="AEN687" ></A >4.2.1. Dependency Charts</H2 ><P @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN734" +NAME="AEN702" ></A >4.2.2. Bug Graphs</H2 ><P @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN747" +NAME="AEN715" ></A >4.2.3. The Whining Cron</H2 ><P diff --git a/docs/html/faq.html b/docs/html/faq.html index 606519724..a45b7b7e3 100644 --- a/docs/html/faq.html +++ b/docs/html/faq.html @@ -138,12 +138,24 @@ HREF="faq.html#faq-general-mysql" ><DT >A.1.9. <A HREF="faq.html#faq-general-bonsaitools" -> Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of - "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? +> What is <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.10. <A +HREF="faq.html#faq-general-perlpath" +> My perl is not located at <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bin/perl</TT +>, is + there an easy way to change it everywhere it needs to be changed? + </A +></DT +><DT +>A.1.11. <A HREF="faq.html#faq-general-cookie" > Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? </A @@ -925,8 +937,10 @@ NAME="faq-general-bonsaitools" ><B >A.1.9. </B > - Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of - "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? + What is <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>? </P ></DIV ><DIV @@ -935,16 +949,72 @@ CLASS="answer" ><B > </B > - Mozilla.org uses /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, because originally - Terry wanted a place to put a version of Perl and other tools - that was strictly under his control. - </P + Bugzilla used to have the path to perl on the shebang line set to + <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +> because when + Terry first started writing the code for mozilla.org he needed a + version of Perl and other tools that were completely under his + control. This location was abandoned for the 2.18 release in favor + of the more sensible <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bin/perl</TT +>. If you + installed an older verion of Bugzilla and created the symlink we + suggested, you can remove it now (provided that you don't have + anything else, such as Bonsai, using it and you don't intend to + reinstall an older version of Bugzilla). + </P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="qandaentry" +><DIV +CLASS="question" ><P -> We always recommend that, if possible, you keep the path - as /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, and simply add symlink. - This will make upgrading - your Bugzilla much easier in the future. - </P +><A +NAME="faq-general-perlpath" +></A +><B +>A.1.10. </B +> + My perl is not located at <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bin/perl</TT +>, is + there an easy way to change it everywhere it needs to be changed? + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="answer" +><P +><B +> </B +> + Yes, the following bit of perl magic will change all the shebang + lines. Be sure to change <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/local/bin/perl</TT +> + to your path to the perl binary. + </P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bin/perl@#\!/usr/local/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV @@ -956,7 +1026,7 @@ CLASS="question" NAME="faq-general-cookie" ></A ><B ->A.1.10. </B +>A.1.11. </B > Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? </P @@ -1370,12 +1440,12 @@ CLASS="computeroutput" CLASS="filename" >importxml.pl</TT > which is intended to be - used for importing the data generated by <TT + used for importing the data generated by the XML ctype of + <TT CLASS="filename" ->xml.cgi</TT -> - in association with bug moving. Any other use is left as an - exercise for the user. +>show_bug.cgi</TT +> in association with bug moving. + Any other use is left as an exercise for the user. </P ><P > There are also scripts included in the <TT @@ -1411,9 +1481,9 @@ CLASS="answer" > Yes. For more information including available translated templates, see <A -HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html" +HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations" TARGET="_top" ->http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html</A +>http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations</A >. The admin interfaces are still not included in these translated templates and is therefore still English only. Also, there may be @@ -1833,13 +1903,14 @@ CLASS="answer" > </B > Try Klaas Freitag's excellent patch for "whineatassigned" functionality. - You can find it at<A -HREF=" http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679" + You can find it at <A +HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679" TARGET="_top" -> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679</A +>http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679</A >. This patch is against an older version of Bugzilla, so you must apply the diffs manually. + </P ></DIV ></DIV @@ -1867,7 +1938,7 @@ CLASS="answer" You can call bug_email.pl directly from your aliases file, with an entry like this: <A -NAME="AEN1894" +NAME="AEN1886" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -2311,7 +2382,7 @@ CLASS="answer" ><P > Microsoft has some advice on this matter, as well: <A -NAME="AEN1977" +NAME="AEN1969" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -2670,7 +2741,7 @@ TARGET="_top" This list includes bugs for the 2.18 release that have already been fixed and checked into CVS. Please consult the <A -HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" +HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/" TARGET="_top" > Bugzilla Project Page</A > for details on how to diff --git a/docs/html/gfdl-howto.html b/docs/html/gfdl-howto.html index 931236fc5..5ba320953 100644 --- a/docs/html/gfdl-howto.html +++ b/docs/html/gfdl-howto.html @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ NAME="gfdl-howto" of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page:</P ><A -NAME="AEN2304" +NAME="AEN2296" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" diff --git a/docs/html/gfdl.html b/docs/html/gfdl.html index e998ee966..367e5c33a 100644 --- a/docs/html/gfdl.html +++ b/docs/html/gfdl.html @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ HREF="gfdl-howto.html" ><P >Version 1.1, March 2000</P ><A -NAME="AEN2214" +NAME="AEN2206" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" diff --git a/docs/html/glossary.html b/docs/html/glossary.html index 44e264d45..3894e8a9b 100644 --- a/docs/html/glossary.html +++ b/docs/html/glossary.html @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="AEN2309" +NAME="AEN2301" ></A >0-9, high ascii</H1 ><DL @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ CLASS="glossdiv" ><A NAME="gloss-c" ></A -></H1 +>C</H1 ><DL ><DT ><A @@ -541,22 +541,52 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ><P ></P -><UL -><LI +><DIV +CLASS="variablelist" +><DL +><DT +><A +HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Backup.html" +TARGET="_top" +>Backup</A +></DT +><DD ><P +>Methods for backing up your Bugzilla database. + </P +></DD +><DT ><A -HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/r/Privilege_system.html" +HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Option_files.html" TARGET="_top" ->MySQL - Privilege System</A -> - Much more detailed information about - the suggestions in <A +>Option Files</A +></DT +><DD +><P +>Information about how to configure MySQL using + <TT +CLASS="filename" +>my.cnf</TT +>. + </P +></DD +><DT +><A +HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Privilege_system.html" +TARGET="_top" +>Privilege System</A +></DT +><DD +><P +>Much more detailed information about the suggestions in + <A HREF="security.html#security-mysql" >Section 5.6.2</A >. - </P -></LI -></UL + </P +></DD +></DL +></DIV ></DD ></DL ></DIV @@ -807,16 +837,70 @@ NAME="gloss-z" ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="zarro-boogs-found" +NAME="gloss-zarro" ></A ><B >Zarro Boogs Found</B ></DT ><DD ><P ->This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a query - returned no results. It is just a goofy way of saying "Zero Bugs - Found".</P +>This is just a goofy way of saying that there were no bugs + found matching your query. When asked to explain this message, + Terry had the following to say: + </P +><A +NAME="AEN2515" +></A +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +WIDTH="100%" +CELLSPACING="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +VALIGN="TOP" +> </TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>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. + </P +><P +>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... + </P +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +VALIGN="TOP" +> </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +COLSPAN="2" +ALIGN="RIGHT" +VALIGN="TOP" +>--<SPAN +CLASS="attribution" +>Terry Weissman</SPAN +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +> </TD +></TR +></TABLE ></DD ></DL ></DIV diff --git a/docs/html/index.html b/docs/html/index.html index 66f407108..3cabc43e5 100644 --- a/docs/html/index.html +++ b/docs/html/index.html @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ CLASS="corpauthor" >The Bugzilla Team</H3 ><P CLASS="pubdate" ->2003-02-16<BR></P +>2003-04-23<BR></P ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ NAME="AEN14" ><P > This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format. - Changes are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached + Changes are best submitted as plain text or XML diffs, attached to a bug filed in the <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation" TARGET="_top" @@ -447,6 +447,26 @@ CLASS="LOT" CLASS="LOT" ><DT ><B +>List of Figures</B +></DT +><DT +>4-1. <A +HREF="troubleshooting.html#trouble-filetemp-errors" +>Other File::Temp error messages</A +></DT +><DT +>4-2. <A +HREF="troubleshooting.html#trouble-filetemp-patch" +>Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0</A +></DT +></DL +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="LOT" +><DL +CLASS="LOT" +><DT +><B >List of Examples</B ></DT ><DT diff --git a/docs/html/installation.html b/docs/html/installation.html index 36cc6efd6..f3cf6892e 100644 --- a/docs/html/installation.html +++ b/docs/html/installation.html @@ -118,17 +118,17 @@ HREF="stepbystep.html#sbs-http" ></DT ><DT >4.1.7. <A -HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN620" +HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN600" >Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DT >4.1.8. <A -HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN645" +HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN611" >Setting Up the MySQL Database</A ></DT ><DT >4.1.9. <A -HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN681" +HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN649" ><TT CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ CLASS="filename" ></DT ><DT >4.1.10. <A -HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN713" +HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN681" >Configuring Bugzilla</A ></DT ></DL @@ -150,17 +150,17 @@ HREF="extraconfig.html" ><DL ><DT >4.2.1. <A -HREF="extraconfig.html#AEN719" +HREF="extraconfig.html#AEN687" >Dependency Charts</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.2. <A -HREF="extraconfig.html#AEN734" +HREF="extraconfig.html#AEN702" >Bug Graphs</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.3. <A -HREF="extraconfig.html#AEN747" +HREF="extraconfig.html#AEN715" >The Whining Cron</A ></DT ><DT @@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ CLASS="productname" >Mac OS X</SPAN ></A ></DT +><DT +>4.3.3. <A +HREF="os-specific.html#os-mandrake" +>Linux-Mandrake 8.0</A +></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT @@ -263,12 +268,12 @@ HREF="troubleshooting.html" ><DL ><DT >4.5.1. <A -HREF="troubleshooting.html#AEN1009" +HREF="troubleshooting.html#AEN977" >Bundle::Bugzilla makes me upgrade to Perl 5.6.1</A ></DT ><DT >4.5.2. <A -HREF="troubleshooting.html#AEN1014" +HREF="troubleshooting.html#AEN982" >DBD::Sponge::db prepare failed</A ></DT ><DT @@ -276,6 +281,11 @@ HREF="troubleshooting.html#AEN1014" HREF="troubleshooting.html#paranoid-security" >cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue)</A ></DT +><DT +>4.5.4. <A +HREF="troubleshooting.html#trouble-filetemp" +>Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_NOINHERIT</A +></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL diff --git a/docs/html/os-specific.html b/docs/html/os-specific.html index ef29d5a22..cdafc2b45 100644 --- a/docs/html/os-specific.html +++ b/docs/html/os-specific.html @@ -353,150 +353,6 @@ CLASS="programlisting" ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="section" -><H4 -CLASS="section" -><A -NAME="AEN863" -></A ->4.3.1.3.2. System Calls</H4 -><P ->In order to get system calls to work on win32's perl, you need - to tell the windows shell what interpreter to use. This is done by - changing the <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> calls. You will need to - search all of Bugzilla's code for <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> calls. - To tell perl your interpreter, it needs to be the first argument to - the <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> call. For example, you'll need to - change: - </P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="programlisting" -> system("$webdotbase","-Tpng","-o","$pngfilename","$filename"); - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -><P ->with</P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="programlisting" -> system("C:\\perl\\bin\\perl", "$webdotbase","-Tpng","-o","$pngfilename","$filename"); - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -><DIV -CLASS="tip" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="tip" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/tip.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Tip"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P ->The <B -CLASS="command" ->grep</B -> command is very helpful in finding - these <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> calls, assuming you have the - <SPAN -CLASS="productname" ->cygwin</SPAN -> utilities. - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="note" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="note" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P ->It appears that the only <TT -CLASS="function" ->system</TT -> call - remaining in the Bugzilla codebase is in - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->showdependencygraph.cgi</TT ->. Not changing this - file will only cause dependency graphs to not function if the - <TT -CLASS="option" ->webdotbase</TT -> paramater points to a local - installation of <A -HREF="http://www.graphviz.org" -TARGET="_top" ->GraphViz</A ->. - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" @@ -550,7 +406,7 @@ TARGET="_top" to modify the first line of every script to contain your path to perl instead of <TT CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>/usr/bin/perl</TT >. </P ></TD @@ -623,7 +479,7 @@ CLASS="command" This should go through the motions of downloading the latest version of the GD module, then it will open a shell and drop you into the build directory. Apply <A -HREF="../sgml/gd-makefile.patch" +HREF="../xml/gd-makefile.patch" TARGET="_top" >this patch</A > @@ -691,6 +547,105 @@ CLASS="command" > </P ></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H2 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="os-mandrake" +></A +>4.3.3. Linux-Mandrake 8.0</H2 +><P +>Linux-Mandrake 8.0 includes every required and optional library + for Bugzilla. The easiest way to install them is by using the + <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi</B +> utility. If you follow these commands, you + should have everything you need for Bugzilla, and + <B +CLASS="command" +>./checksetup.pl</B +> should not complain about any + missing libraries. You may already have some of these installed. + </P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="screen" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-mysql</B +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-chart</B +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-gd</B +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi perl-MailTools</B +> <A +NAME="test-mailtools" +><IMG +SRC="../images/callouts/1.gif" +HSPACE="0" +VSPACE="0" +BORDER="0" +ALT="(1)"></A +> +<TT +CLASS="prompt" +>bash#</TT +> <B +CLASS="command" +>urpmi apache-modules</B +> + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><DIV +CLASS="calloutlist" +><DL +COMPACT="COMPACT" +><DT +><A +HREF="os-specific.html#test-mailtools" +><IMG +SRC="../images/callouts/1.gif" +HSPACE="0" +VSPACE="0" +BORDER="0" +ALT="(1)"></A +></DT +><DD +>for Bugzilla e-mail integration</DD +></DL +></DIV +></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" diff --git a/docs/html/stepbystep.html b/docs/html/stepbystep.html index 8de6806b1..33244655f 100644 --- a/docs/html/stepbystep.html +++ b/docs/html/stepbystep.html @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >Date::Parse </A > - (any) + (2.21) </P ></LI ><LI @@ -383,124 +383,6 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV > - <DIV -CLASS="note" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="note" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P ->Linux-Mandrake 8.0 includes every - required and optional library for Bugzilla. The easiest way to - install them is by using the - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->urpmi</TT -> - - utility. If you follow these commands, you should have everything you - need for Bugzilla, and - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->checksetup.pl</TT -> - - should not complain about any missing libraries. You may already have - some of these installed.</P -><P -></P -><TABLE -BORDER="0" -><TBODY -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-mysql</B -> - </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-chart</B -> - </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-gd</B -> - </TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi perl-MailTools</B -> - - (for Bugzilla email integration)</TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -> <TT -CLASS="prompt" ->bash#</TT -> - - <B -CLASS="command" ->urpmi apache-modules</B -> - </TD -></TR -></TBODY -></TABLE -><P -></P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -> </P ></DIV ><DIV @@ -863,7 +745,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN586" +NAME="AEN566" ></A >4.1.5.1. DBI</H3 ><P @@ -878,7 +760,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN589" +NAME="AEN569" ></A >4.1.5.2. Data::Dumper</H3 ><P @@ -892,7 +774,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN592" +NAME="AEN572" ></A >4.1.5.3. MySQL-related modules</H3 ><P @@ -918,7 +800,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN597" +NAME="AEN577" ></A >4.1.5.4. TimeDate modules</H3 ><P @@ -934,7 +816,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN600" +NAME="AEN580" ></A >4.1.5.5. GD (optional)</H3 ><P @@ -989,7 +871,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN607" +NAME="AEN587" ></A >4.1.5.6. Chart::Base (optional)</H3 ><P @@ -1004,7 +886,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H3 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN610" +NAME="AEN590" ></A >4.1.5.7. Template Toolkit</H3 ><P @@ -1073,7 +955,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN620" +NAME="AEN600" ></A >4.1.7. Bugzilla</H2 ><P @@ -1138,112 +1020,13 @@ CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > script, which locks down your installation.</P -><P ->Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link to - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT -> - for the correct location of your Perl executable (probably - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bin/perl</TT ->). - Otherwise you must hack all the .cgi files to change where they look - for Perl. This can be done using the following Perl one-liner, but - I suggest using the symlink approach to avoid upgrade hassles. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="note" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="note" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="../images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P -><SPAN -CLASS="QUOTE" ->"Bonsaitools"</SPAN -> is the name Terry Weissman, the - original author of Bugzilla, created - for his suite of webtools at the time he created Bugzilla and several - other tools in use at mozilla.org. He created a directory, - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools</TT -> to house his specific versions - of perl and other utilities. This usage is still current at - <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/" -TARGET="_top" ->bugzilla.mozilla.org</A ->, - but in general most other places do not use it. You can either edit - the paths at the start of each perl file to the correct location of - perl on your system, or simply bow to history and create a - <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools</TT -> and <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin - </TT -> directory, placing a symlink to perl on your system - inside <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bonsaitools/bin</TT -> - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -><P -> - <TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="programlisting" -> perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#\!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm syncshadowdb - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -> - - Change <TT -CLASS="filename" ->/usr/bin/perl</TT -> to match the location - of Perl on your machine. - </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN645" +NAME="AEN611" ></A >4.1.8. Setting Up the MySQL Database</H2 ><P @@ -1410,13 +1193,41 @@ CLASS="command" ></P > </P +><DIV +CLASS="note" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/note.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Note"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>If you are using MySQL 4, the bugs user also needs to be granted + the LOCK TABLES and CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES permissions. + </P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN681" +NAME="AEN649" ></A >4.1.9. <TT CLASS="filename" @@ -1569,7 +1380,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN713" +NAME="AEN681" ></A >4.1.10. Configuring Bugzilla</H2 ><P diff --git a/docs/html/troubleshooting.html b/docs/html/troubleshooting.html index 9b4a2c2cd..5dd2d1714 100644 --- a/docs/html/troubleshooting.html +++ b/docs/html/troubleshooting.html @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1009" +NAME="AEN977" ></A >4.5.1. Bundle::Bugzilla makes me upgrade to Perl 5.6.1</H2 ><P @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN1014" +NAME="AEN982" ></A >4.5.2. DBD::Sponge::db prepare failed</H2 ><P @@ -249,6 +249,116 @@ CLASS="filename" as root to fix this problem. </P ></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H2 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="trouble-filetemp" +></A +>4.5.4. Your vendor has not defined Fcntl macro O_NOINHERIT</H2 +><P +>This is caused by a bug in the version of + <SPAN +CLASS="productname" +>File::Temp</SPAN +> that is distributed with perl + 5.6.0. Many minor variations of this error have been reported. Examples + can be found in <A +HREF="troubleshooting.html#trouble-filetemp-errors" +>Figure 4-1</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="figure" +><A +NAME="trouble-filetemp-errors" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 4-1. Other File::Temp error messages</B +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> 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_TEMPORARY, used +at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 233. + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +><P +>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 <A +HREF="troubleshooting.html#trouble-filetemp-patch" +>Figure 4-2</A +>. The patch is also + available as a <A +HREF="../xml/filetemp.patch" +TARGET="_top" +>patch file</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="figure" +><A +NAME="trouble-filetemp-patch" +></A +><P +><B +>Figure 4-2. Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0</B +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> --- 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; + }; + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" diff --git a/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt b/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt index 5b3fd7f8c..5195385a0 100644 --- a/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt +++ b/docs/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Jacob Steenhagen The Bugzilla Team - 2003-02-16 + 2003-04-23 This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the mozilla.org bug-tracking system. Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software that powers @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ The Bugzilla Team tracking millions of bugs. This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format. Changes - are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached to a bug - filed in the Bugzilla Documentation compontent. + are best submitted as plain text or XML diffs, attached to a bug filed + in the Bugzilla Documentation compontent. 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 @@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ The Bugzilla Team Glossary + List of Figures + 4-1. Other File::Temp error messages + 4-2. Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0 + List of Examples 4-1. .htaccess files for Apache 5-1. Upgrading using CVS @@ -702,7 +706,7 @@ Chapter 4. Installation f. Data::Dumper (any) g. DBD::mysql (2.1010) h. DBI (1.32) - i. Date::Parse (any) + i. Date::Parse (2.21) j. CGI (2.88) and, optionally: a. GD (1.20) for bug charting @@ -721,20 +725,6 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 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. - - Note - - 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 (for Bugzilla email integration) - bash# urpmi apache-modules _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.3. MySQL @@ -938,31 +928,6 @@ Chapter 4. Installation 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. - - Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link to - /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl for the correct location of your Perl - executable (probably /usr/bin/perl). Otherwise you must hack all the - .cgi files to change where they look for Perl. This can be done using - the following Perl one-liner, but I suggest using the symlink approach - to avoid upgrade hassles. - - Note - - "Bonsaitools" is the name Terry Weissman, the original author of - Bugzilla, created for his suite of webtools at the time he created - Bugzilla and several other tools in use at mozilla.org. He created a - directory, /usr/bonsaitools to house his specific versions of perl and - other utilities. This usage is still current at bugzilla.mozilla.org, - but in general most other places do not use it. You can either edit - the paths at the start of each perl file to the correct location of - perl on your system, or simply bow to history and create a - /usr/bonsaitools and /usr/bonsaitools/bin directory, placing a symlink - to perl on your system inside /usr/bonsaitools/bin - -perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#\!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm -syncshadowdb - - Change /usr/bin/perl to match the location of Perl on your machine. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.8. Setting Up the MySQL Database @@ -1001,6 +966,11 @@ syncshadowdb ALTER,CREATE,DROP,REFERENCES ON bugs.* TO bugs@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. _________________________________________________________________ 4.1.9. checksetup.pl @@ -1307,32 +1277,6 @@ my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup) my $webservergid = '8' _________________________________________________________________ -4.3.1.3.2. System Calls - - In order to get system calls to work on win32's perl, you need to tell - the windows shell what interpreter to use. This is done by changing - the system calls. You will need to search all of Bugzilla's code for - system calls. To tell perl your interpreter, it needs to be the first - argument to the system call. For example, you'll need to change: -system("$webdotbase","-Tpng","-o","$pngfilename","$filename"); - - with -system("C:\\perl\\bin\\perl", "$webdotbase","-Tpng","-o","$pngfilename","$filen -ame"); - - Tip - - The grep command is very helpful in finding these system calls, - assuming you have the cygwin utilities. - - Note - - It appears that the only system call remaining in the Bugzilla - codebase is in showdependencygraph.cgi. Not changing this file will - only cause dependency graphs to not function if the webdotbase - paramater points to a local installation of GraphViz. - _________________________________________________________________ - 4.3.1.4. Serving the web pages As is the case on Unix based systems, any web server should be able to @@ -1346,7 +1290,7 @@ ame"); 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/bonsaitools/bin/perl. + instead of /usr/bin/perl. _________________________________________________________________ 4.3.2. Mac OS X @@ -1390,6 +1334,23 @@ ame"); And don't forget to run exit to get back to CPAN. _________________________________________________________________ +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) + for Bugzilla e-mail integration + _________________________________________________________________ + 4.4. HTTP Server Configuration The Bugzilla Team recommends Apache when using Bugzilla, however, any @@ -1602,6 +1563,47 @@ proc filter_deny { why } { problem. _________________________________________________________________ +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 4-1. + + Figure 4-1. 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_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. + + 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 4-2. The patch is also available as a patch file. + + Figure 4-2. 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; + }; + _________________________________________________________________ + Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla 5.1. Bugzilla Configuration @@ -2662,10 +2664,11 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ A.1.8. Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on Oracle/Sybase/Msql/PostgreSQL/MSSQL. - A.1.9. Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead - of "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? + 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? - A.1.10. 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 @@ -2926,18 +2929,27 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ Once both of these are done, adding support for additional database servers should be trivial. - A.1.9. Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of - "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? + A.1.9. What is /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl? + + Bugzilla used to have the path to perl on the shebang line set to + /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl because when Terry first started writing the + code for mozilla.org he needed a version of Perl and other tools that + were completely under his control. This location was abandoned for the + 2.18 release in favor of the more sensible /usr/bin/perl. If you + installed an older verion of Bugzilla and created the symlink we + suggested, you can remove it now (provided that you don't have + anything else, such as Bonsai, using it and you don't intend to + reinstall an older version of Bugzilla). - Mozilla.org uses /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, because originally Terry - wanted a place to put a version of Perl and other tools that was - strictly under his control. + 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? - We always recommend that, if possible, you keep the path as - /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, and simply add symlink. This will make - upgrading your Bugzilla much easier in the future. + 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 - A.1.10. 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? At present, no. @@ -3048,8 +3060,8 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ Currently the only script included with Bugzilla that can import data is importxml.pl which is intended to be used for importing the data - generated by xml.cgi in association with bug moving. Any other use is - left as an exercise for the user. + generated by the XML ctype of show_bug.cgi in association with bug + moving. Any other use is left as an exercise for the user. There are also scripts included in the contrib/ directory for using e-mail to import information into Bugzilla, but these scripts are not @@ -3059,10 +3071,10 @@ Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ in other countries? Is it localizable? Yes. For more information including available translated templates, - see http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html. The admin interfaces are - still not included in these translated templates and is therefore - still English only. Also, there may be issues with the charset not - being declared. See bug 126226 for more information. + see http://www.bugzilla.org/download.html#localizations. The admin + interfaces are still not included in these translated templates and is + therefore still English only. Also, there may be issues with the + charset not being declared. See bug 126226 for more information. A.2.13. Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format? Excel format? @@ -4337,6 +4349,8 @@ B Bugzilla is the world-leading free software bug tracking system. +C + Common Gateway Interface (CGI) CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface. This is a standard for interfacing an external application with a web @@ -4391,8 +4405,15 @@ M familiarize yourself with all of the documentation, some high points are: - + MySQL Privilege System - Much more detailed information about - the suggestions in Section 5.6.2. + Backup + Methods for backing up your Bugzilla database. + + Option Files + Information about how to configure MySQL using my.cnf. + + Privilege System + Much more detailed information about the suggestions in + Section 5.6.2. P @@ -4459,6 +4480,22 @@ T Z Zarro Boogs Found - This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a query - returned no results. It is just a goofy way of saying "Zero - Bugs Found". + This is just a goofy way of saying that there were no bugs + found matching your query. When asked to explain this message, + Terry had the following to say: + + + + 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 |