From 8954ea7faf41295da72729304de9130c0d4ba40b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cjwatson <> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 00:11:39 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2003-05-26 01:11:39 by cjwatson] Some very sketchy documentation on how to set up the CGI scripts. --- README | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 19d16a25..62b64e60 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - The bug system requires its own mail domain. It comes with code which understands how exim, qmail and sendmail deliver mail for such a domain to a script. - - A webserver (this is easiest if the bug system can write - directly to the webspace). + - A webserver. For the old system of static HTML pages generated for + bug reports and index pages, this is easiest if the bug system can + write directly to the webspace; for the new system of CGI scripts + that generate web pages on the fly, write access is not required. - Somewhere to run CGI scripts (unless you don't need the web forms for searching for bugs by number, package, maintainer or submitter). @@ -44,7 +46,11 @@ All other email should be piped into the receive script. directory. 5. Test things a bit, by sending mail messages to the bug system and -running .../scripts/processall and/or .../scripts/update-html. +running /usr/lib/debbugs/processall and/or /usr/lib/debbugs/rebuild. +The latter updates index files used by the CGI scripts. If you're +feeling brave, you can link /var/lib/debbugs/spool/index.db to +index.db.realtime and .../index.archive to index.archive.realtime to +remove the need for the rebuild script; this is still semi-experimental. 6. If all seems well then install the crontab from /usr/share/doc/debbugs/examples/crontab. -- 2.39.5