From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261570AbVFVTJJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:09:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261689AbVFVTJJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:09:09 -0400 Received: from titan.genwebhost.com ([209.9.226.66]:3310 "EHLO titan.genwebhost.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261570AbVFVTIw (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:08:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:08:48 -0700 From: randy_dunlap To: Paolo Ciarrocchi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: Script to help users to report a BUG Message-Id: <20050622120848.717e2fe2.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <4d8e3fd30506191332264eb4ae@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d8e3fd30506191332264eb4ae@mail.gmail.com> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - titan.genwebhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - xenotime.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:32:16 +0200 Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: | Hi all, | what do you think about this simple idea of a script that could help | users to fill better BUG reports ? | | The usage is quite simple, put the attached file in | /usr/src/linux/scripts and then: | | [root@frodo scripts]# ./report-bug.sh /tmp/BUGREPORT/ | cat: /proc/scsi/scsi: No such file or directory | | [root@frodo scripts]# ls /tmp/BUGREPORT/ | cpuinfo.bug ioports.bug modules.bug software.bug | iomem.bug lspci.bug scsi.bug version.bug | | Now you can simply attach all the .bug files to the bugzilla report or | inline them in a email. | | The script is rude but it is enough to give you an idea of what I have in mind. | | Any comment ? It can be useful. We certainly see bug reports with a good bit of missing information. I would rather see the script write all /proc etc. contents to just one file (with some headings prior to each file). One file would be easier to email inline or to attach... --- ~Randy