Re: Script to help users to report a BUG

Michał Piotrowski
2005-06-22T22:56:11Z

Hi,

randy_dunlap napisał(a):

>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
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We talk about it (me and Paolo) in private correspondence.

Here is my version:
http://stud.wsi.edu.pl/~piotrowskim/files/ort/ort-a5.tar.bz2

Here is my topic on kerneltrap:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/5325

If you have any suggestions, coments, please send me email or post on
kerneltrap.

Regards,
Michał Piotrowski