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><A
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+NAME="faq">Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ</H1
><P
>&#13; This FAQ includes questions not covered elsewhere in the Guide.
</P
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>&#13; How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it?
</A
></DT
+><DT
+>A.7.6. <A
+HREF="faq.html#faq-use-close"
+>&#13; Why can't I close bugs from the "Change Several Bugs at Once" page?
+ </A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
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><A
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><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
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>A.1.1. </B
>
Where can I find information about Bugzilla?</P
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>A.1.2. </B
>
What license is Bugzilla distributed under?
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><A
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>A.1.3. </B
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How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla?
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><P
><A
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>A.1.4. </B
>
What major companies or projects are currently using Bugzilla
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>A.1.5. </B
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Who maintains Bugzilla?
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><A
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>A.1.6. </B
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How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking databases?
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><P
><A
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What is <TT
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><P
><A
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My perl is not located at <TT
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><P
><A
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>
Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name?
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><H3
><A
-NAME="faq-phb"
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CLASS="note"
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><P
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-NAME="faq-phb-client"
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>A.2.1. </B
>
Is Bugzilla web-based, or do you have to have specific software or
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-phb-integration"
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>A.2.2. </B
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Can Bugzilla integrate with
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><A
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>A.2.3. </B
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Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects?
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><P
><A
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><P
><A
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Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, URLs etc)? If yes,
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><P
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>
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><A
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>A.2.7. </B
>
Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You
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>A.2.8. </B
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><A
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Can email notification be set up to send to multiple
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><P
><A
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Do users have to have any particular
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><P
><A
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><P
><A
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>A.2.12. </B
>
Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be used in other
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><P
><A
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>A.2.13. </B
>
Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format?
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><P
><A
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>
Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, compound
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
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-></A
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>
Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-phb-backup"
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Are there any backup features provided?
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><P
><A
-NAME="faq-phb-livebackup"
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>
Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress?
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><P
><A
-NAME="faq-phb-maintenance"
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>
What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and
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><P
><A
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What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install
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><P
><A
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>
Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any
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CLASS="qandadiv"
><H3
><A
-NAME="faq-security"
-></A
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><DIV
CLASS="qandaentry"
><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-security-mysql"
-></A
-><B
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>A.3.1. </B
>
How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-security-knownproblems"
-></A
-><B
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>A.3.2. </B
>
Are there any security problems with Bugzilla?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-security-mysqluser"
-></A
-><B
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>A.3.3. </B
>
I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security
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CLASS="qandadiv"
><H3
><A
-NAME="faq-email"
-></A
->4. Bugzilla Email</H3
+NAME="faq-email">4. Bugzilla Email</H3
><DIV
CLASS="qandaentry"
><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-email-nomail"
-></A
-><B
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>A.4.1. </B
>
I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email from Bugzilla.
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-email-testing"
-></A
-><B
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>A.4.2. </B
>
I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send email to
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><P
><A
-NAME="faq-email-whine"
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>A.4.3. </B
>
I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other than, only new
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><P
><A
-NAME="faq-email-procmail"
-></A
-><B
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>A.4.4. </B
>
I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to bug_email.pl.
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You can call bug_email.pl directly from your aliases file, with
an entry like this:
<A
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-></A
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+NAME="AEN2065"><BLOCKQUOTE
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>&#13; bugzilla-daemon: "|/usr/local/bin/bugzilla/contrib/bug_email.pl"
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><P
><A
-NAME="faq-email-mailif"
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How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs via email?
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><A
-NAME="faq-email-sendmailnow"
-></A
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>
Email takes FOREVER to reach me from Bugzilla -- it's extremely slow.
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><P
><A
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>
How come email from Bugzilla changes never reaches me?
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><H3
><A
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CLASS="qandaentry"
><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
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I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle?
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><A
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I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid entries. What
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
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I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-db-permissions"
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I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but Bugzilla still can't
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-db-synchronize"
-></A
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>
How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla
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><H3
><A
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-></A
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><DIV
CLASS="qandaentry"
><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-nt-easiest"
-></A
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>
What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K)?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-nt-bundle"
-></A
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>
Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-nt-mappings"
-></A
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>
CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid Windows NT
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><P
>&#13; Microsoft has some advice on this matter, as well:
<A
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CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE"
><P
>&#13; "Set application mappings. In the ISM, map the extension for the script
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-nt-dbi"
-></A
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>
I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being able to talk to
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CLASS="qandadiv"
><H3
><A
-NAME="faq-use"
-></A
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><DIV
CLASS="qandaentry"
><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-use-changeaddress"
-></A
-><B
+NAME="faq-use-changeaddress"><B
>A.7.1. </B
>
How do I change my user name (email address) in Bugzilla?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-use-query"
-></A
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>A.7.2. </B
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The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler way to query?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-use-accept"
-></A
-><B
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>
I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form.
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-use-attachment"
-></A
-><B
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>A.7.4. </B
>
I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create Attachment"
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-use-keyword"
-></A
-><B
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>A.7.5. </B
>
How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it?
@@ -2576,23 +2453,54 @@ CLASS="answer"
</P
></DIV
></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="qandaentry"
+><DIV
+CLASS="question"
+><P
+><A
+NAME="faq-use-close"><B
+>A.7.6. </B
+>
+ Why can't I close bugs from the "Change Several Bugs at Once" page?
+ </P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="answer"
+><P
+><B
+> </B
+>
+ The logic flow currently used is RESOLVED, then VERIFIED, then CLOSED.
+ You <EM
+>can</EM
+> mass-CLOSE bugs from the change several
+ bugs at once page. <EM
+>but</EM
+>, 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.
+ </P
+></DIV
+></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="qandadiv"
><H3
><A
-NAME="faq-hacking"
-></A
->8. Bugzilla Hacking</H3
+NAME="faq-hacking">8. Bugzilla Hacking</H3
><DIV
CLASS="qandaentry"
><DIV
CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-hacking-templatestyle"
-></A
-><B
+NAME="faq-hacking-templatestyle"><B
>A.8.1. </B
>
What kind of style should I use for templatization?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-hacking-bugzillabugs"
-></A
-><B
+NAME="faq-hacking-bugzillabugs"><B
>A.8.2. </B
>
What bugs are in Bugzilla right now?
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-hacking-priority"
-></A
-><B
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>A.8.3. </B
>
How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default
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CLASS="question"
><P
><A
-NAME="faq-hacking-patches"
-></A
-><B
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>A.8.4. </B
>
What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines should I follow?