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>The Bugzilla Guide - 2.17.5
Development Release</H1
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>The Bugzilla Team</H3
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>2004-01-15<BR></P
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> This is the documentation for Bugzilla, a
bug-tracking system from mozilla.org.
Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software
that tracks millions of bugs and issues for hundreds of
organizations around the world.
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>1. <A
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>About This Guide</A
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><DD
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>1.1. <A
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>Copyright Information</A
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>1.2. <A
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>Disclaimer</A
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>1.3. <A
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>New Versions</A
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>1.4. <A
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>Credits</A
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>1.5. <A
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>Document Conventions</A
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>2. <A
HREF="introduction.html"
>Introduction</A
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>2.1. <A
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>What is Bugzilla?</A
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>2.2. <A
HREF="why-tracking.html"
>Why use a bug-tracking system?</A
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>2.3. <A
HREF="why-bugzilla.html"
>Why use Bugzilla?</A
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>3. <A
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>Using Bugzilla</A
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>3.1. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>3.2. <A
HREF="myaccount.html"
>Create a Bugzilla Account</A
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>3.3. <A
HREF="bug_page.html"
>Anatomy of a Bug</A
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>3.4. <A
HREF="query.html"
>Searching for Bugs</A
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>3.5. <A
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>Bug Lists</A
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>3.6. <A
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>Filing Bugs</A
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>3.7. <A
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>Patch Viewer</A
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>3.8. <A
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>Hints and Tips</A
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>3.9. <A
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>User Preferences</A
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>3.10. <A
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>Reports</A
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>4. <A
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>4.1. <A
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>Step-by-step Install</A
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>4.2. <A
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>HTTP Server Configuration</A
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>Optional Additional Configuration</A
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>4.4. <A
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>OS Specific Installation Notes</A
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>4.5. <A
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>Bugzilla Security</A
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>4.6. <A
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>Troubleshooting</A
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>5. <A
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>Administering Bugzilla</A
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>5.1. <A
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>Bugzilla Configuration</A
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>5.2. <A
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>User Administration</A
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>5.3. <A
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>Products</A
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>5.4. <A
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>Components</A
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>5.5. <A
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>Versions</A
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>5.6. <A
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>Milestones</A
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>5.7. <A
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>Voting</A
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>5.8. <A
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>Groups and Group Security</A
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>5.9. <A
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>Upgrading to New Releases</A
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>6. <A
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>Customising Bugzilla</A
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>6.1. <A
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>Template Customization</A
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>Customizing Who Can Change What</A
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>Modifying Your Running System</A
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>6.4. <A
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>MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction</A
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>6.5. <A
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>Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools</A
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>A. <A
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>The Bugzilla FAQ</A
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>Contrib</A
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>4-1. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#install-mysql-packets"
>Set Max Packet Size in MySQL</A
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>4-2. <A
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>Other File::Temp error messages</A
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>4-3. <A
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>Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0</A
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>Installing perl modules with CPAN</A
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>5-1. <A
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>Upgrading using CVS</A
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