Debian bug tracking system

Debian has a bug tracking system (BTS) in which we file details of bugs reported by users and developers. Each bug is given a number, and is kept on file until it is marked as having been dealt with.

How to report a bug in Debian

A separate page has instructions and tips on how to report a bug if you encounter problems in the Debian distribution.

Bug tracking system documentation

• Advanced information on how to use the system
• Information on manipulating bugs by email
• Mailservers' reference card
• Ways of accessing the bug report logs
• Requesting bug reports by email

Viewing bug reports on the WWW

Find a bug by number:

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Select bug reports on the WWW

The above queries can also be made by visiting URLs of the following forms, respectively:

• https://bugs.debian.org/number
• https://bugs.debian.org/mbox:number
• https://bugs.debian.org/package
• https://bugs.debian.org/src:sourcepackage
• https://bugs.debian.org/maintainer@email.address
• https://bugs.debian.org/from:submitter@email.address
• https://bugs.debian.org/severity:severity
• https://bugs.debian.org/tag:tag

Searching bug reports

The Ultimate Debian Database (UDD) provides a multi-criteria search engine for bugs.

Another way to search bug reports is to use Google Groups.

Alternative sites that allow searching for bug reports include The Mail Archive.

Supplementary information

The current list of Release Critical Bugs.

The current list of <pseudo-packages> recognized by the Debian bug tracking system.

The following bug report indices are available:

• Packages with active and archived bug reports.
• Source packages with active and archived bug reports.
• Maintainers of packages with active and archived bug reports.
• Submitters of active and archived bug reports.

Note: some of the previously available indices of bug reports aren't available due to internal problems with the program that generated them. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Spam Reports

The Bug Tracking system often receives spam. To report spam in the bug tracking system, find the bug report by number, and click "this bug log contains spam" near the bottom.

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