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@@ -138,12 +138,24 @@ HREF="faq.html#faq-general-mysql"
><DT
>A.1.9. <A
HREF="faq.html#faq-general-bonsaitools"
->&#13; Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of
- "/usr/bin/perl" or something else?
+>&#13; What is <TT
+CLASS="filename"
+>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT
+>?
</A
></DT
><DT
>A.1.10. <A
+HREF="faq.html#faq-general-perlpath"
+>&#13; 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"
>&#13; 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
->&#13; 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"
+>&#13;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
>&#13; 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"
->&#13; 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
>&#13; 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"
>&#13; Bugzilla Project Page</A
> for details on how to