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SEND-PR(1)							    SEND-PR(1)

NAME
       send-pr - send problem report (PR) to a central support site

SYNOPSIS
       send-pr [ site ] [ -f problem-report ] [ -t mail-address ]
	       [ -P ] [ -L ] [ -s severity ] [ -c address ]
	       [ --request-id ] [ -v ]

DESCRIPTION
       send-pr	is  a  tool  used to submit problem reports (PRs) to a central
       support site.  In most cases the correct	 site  will  be	 the  default.
       This  argument  indicates the support site which is responsible for the
       category of problem involved.  Some sites may use a local address as  a
       default.	 site values are defined by using the aliases(5).

       send-pr invokes an editor on a problem report template (after trying to
       fill in some fields with reasonable default values).  When you exit the
       editor,	send-pr sends the completed form to the Problem Report Manage‐
       ment System (GNATS) at a central support site.  At  the	support	 site,
       the  PR is assigned a unique number and is stored in the GNATS database
       according  to  its  category  and  submitter-id.	  GNATS	 automatically
       replies with an acknowledgement, citing the category and the PR number.

       To  ensure  that	 a  PR	is  handled  promptly,	it should contain your
       (unique) submitter-id and one of the available categories  to  identify
       the problem area.  (Use `send-pr -L' to see a list of categories.)

       The  send-pr  template  at  your site should already be customized with
       your submitter-id (running  `install-sid	 submitter-id'	to  accomplish
       this  is	 part  of  the	installation procedures for send-pr).  If this
       hasn't been done, see your system administrator for your	 submitter-id,
       or   request   one   from   your	 support  site	by  invoking  `send-pr
       --request-id'.  If your site does  not  distinguish  between  different
       user  sites,  or	 if  you are not affiliated with the support site, use
       `net' for this field.

       The more precise your problem description and the  more	complete  your
       information, the faster your support team can solve your problems.

OPTIONS
       -f problem-report
	      specify  a  file	(problem-report) which already contains a com‐
	      plete problem report.  send-pr sends the contents	 of  the  file
	      without invoking the editor.  If the value for problem-report is
	      `-', then send-pr reads from standard input.

       -s severity
	      Give the problem report the severity severity.

       -t mail-address
	      Change mail address at the support  site	for  problem  reports.
	      The  default  mail-address  is  the address used for the default
	      site.  Use the site argument rather than this option  in	nearly
	      all cases.

       -c address
	      Put address in the Cc: header of the message.

       -P     print  the form specified by the environment variable PR_FORM on
	      standard output.	If PR_FORM is  not  set,  print	 the  standard
	      blank PR template.  No mail is sent.

       -L     print the list of available categories.  No mail is sent.

       --request-id
	      sends  mail  to  the default support site, or site if specified,
	      with a request for your submitter-id.  If you are not affiliated
	      with site, use a submitter-id of net'.

       -v     Display the send-pr version number.

       Note:  use  send-pr  to submit problem reports rather than mailing them
       directly.  Using both the template and send-pr itself will help	ensure
       all necessary information will reach the support site.

ENVIRONMENT
       The  environment	 variable EDITOR specifies the editor to invoke on the
       template.
       default: vi

       If the environment variable PR_FORM is set, then its value is  used  as
       the  file name of the template for your problem-report editing session.
       You can use this to start with a partially completed form (for example,
       a form with the identification fields already completed).

HOW TO FILL OUT A PROBLEM REPORT
       Problem	reports	 have to be in a particular form so that a program can
       easily manage them.  Please remember the following guidelines:

       ·  describe only one problem with each problem report.

       ·  For follow-up mail, use the same subject line	 as  the  one  in  the
	  automatic  acknowledgent. It consists of category, PR number and the
	  original synopsis line.  This allows the support site to relate sev‐
	  eral	mail  messages to a particular PR and to record them automati‐
	  cally.

       ·  Please try to be as accurate as possible in the subject and/or  syn‐
	  opsis line.

       ·  The  subject	and  the  synopsis line are not confidential.  This is
	  because open-bugs lists are compiled from them.  Avoid  confidential
	  information there.

       See  the	 GNU Info file send-pr.info or the document Reporting Problems
       With send-pr for detailed information on reporting problems

HOW TO SUBMIT TEST CASES, CODE, ETC.
       Submit small code samples with the PR.  Contact the  support  site  for
       instructions  on	 submitting  larger  test cases and problematic source
       code.

FILES
       /tmp/p$$	    copy of PR used in editing session
       /tmp/pf$$    copy of empty PR form, for testing purposes
       /tmp/pbad$$  file for rejected PRs

EMACS USER INTERFACE
       An Emacs user interface for send-pr with completion of field values  is
       part  of	 the send-pr distribution (invoked with M-x send-pr).  See the
       file send-pr.info or the ASCII file INSTALL in the top level  directory
       of  the	distribution  for  configuration and installation information.
       The Emacs LISP template file is send-pr-el.in and is installed as send-
       pr.el.

INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
       See send-pr.info or INSTALL for installation instructions.

SEE ALSO
       Reporting  Problems  Using send-pr (also installed as the GNU Info file
       send-pr.info).

       gnats(l), query-pr(1),  edit-pr(1),  gnats(8),  queue-pr(8),  at-pr(8),
       mkcat(8), mkdist(8).

AUTHORS
       Jeffrey	Osier,	Brendan	 Kehoe,	 Jason Merrill, Heinz G. Seidl (Cygnus
       Support)

COPYING
       Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim  copies  of  this
       manual  provided	 the  copyright	 notice and this permission notice are
       preserved on all copies.

       Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of  this
       manual  under  the  conditions  for verbatim copying, provided that the
       entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a  per‐
       mission notice identical to this one.

       Permission  is granted to copy and distribute translations of this man‐
       ual into another language, under the above conditions for modified ver‐
       sions,  except  that this permission notice may be included in transla‐
       tions approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the origi‐
       nal English.

February 1993			     3.96			    SEND-PR(1)
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