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diff --git a/docs/xml/patches.xml b/docs/xml/patches.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0992bde0d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/xml/patches.xml @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> + +<appendix id="patches"> + <title>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</title> + +<section id="setperl"> + <title>The setperl.pl Utility</title> + <para> + You can use the "setperl.pl" utility to quickly and easily + change the path to perl on all your Bugzilla files. + </para> + <procedure> + <step> + <para> + Download the "setperl.pl" utility to your Bugzilla + directory and make it executable. + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>cd /your/path/to/bugzilla</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>wget -O setperl.pl 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=10795'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod u+x setperl.pl</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Prepare (and fix) Bugzilla file permissions. + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod u+w *</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod u+x duplicates.cgi</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>chmod a-x bug_status.html</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Run the script: + </para> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>./setperl.pl /your/path/to/perl</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </procedure> + </section> + + <section id="cmdline"> + <title>Command-line Bugzilla Queries</title> + <para> + Users can query Bugzilla from the command line using + this suite of utilities. + </para> + <para> + The query.conf file 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" + </para> + <para> + 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=". + </para> + <para> + The columlist 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, use + <command>grep COLUMLIST ~/.netscape/cookies</command> to see + your current COLUMNLIST setting. + </para> + <para> + 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 + <command>sed -e 's/,/ /g' | wc | awk '{printf $2 "\n"}'</command> + </para> + <para> + Akkana says she has good results piping buglist output through + <command>w3m -T text/html -dump</command> + </para> + <procedure> + <step> + <para> + Download three files: + </para> + <substeps> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash$</prompt> + <command>wget -O query.conf 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26157'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash$</prompt> + <command>wget -O buglist 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26944'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash#</prompt> + <command>wget -O bugs 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26215'</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </substeps> + </step> + <step> + <para> + Make your utilities executable: + <computeroutput> + <prompt>bash$</prompt> + <command>chmod u+x buglist bugs</command> + </computeroutput> + </para> + </step> + </procedure> + </section> + + <section id="quicksearch"> + <title>The Quicksearch Utility</title> + <para> + Quicksearch is a new, experimental feature of the 2.12 release. + It consist of two Javascript files, "quicksearch.js" and "localconfig.js", + and two documentation files, "quicksearch.html" and "quicksearchhack.html" + </para> + <para> + The index.html page has been updated to include the QuickSearch text box. + </para> + <para> + To take full advantage of the query power, the Bugzilla maintainer must + edit "localconfig.js" according to the value sets used in the local installation. + </para> + <para> + Currently, keywords must be hard-coded in localconfig.js. If they are not, + keywords are not automatically recognized. This means, if localconfig.js + is left unconfigured, that searching for a bug with the "foo" keyword + will only find bugs with "foo" in the summary, status whiteboard, product or + component name, but not those with the keyword "foo". + </para> + <para> + Workarounds for Bugzilla users: + <simplelist> + <member>search for '!foo' (this will find only bugs with the keyword "foo"</member> + <member>search 'foo,!foo' (equivalent to 'foo OR keyword:foo')</member> + </simplelist> + </para> + <para> + When this tool is ported from client-side JavaScript to server-side Perl, + the requirement for hard-coding keywords can be fixed. + <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70907">This bug</ulink> + has details. + </para> + </section> + +</appendix>
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