bts

BTS(1)                                                                  BTS(1)

NAME
       bts - developers' command line interface to the Debian Bug Tracking
       System

SYNOPSIS
       bts [options] command [args] [#comment] [.|, command [args] [#comment]]
       ...

DESCRIPTION
       This is a command line interface to the Debian Bug Tracking System
       (BTS), intended mainly for use by developers. It lets the BTS be
       manipulated using simple commands that can be run at the prompt or in a
       script, does various sanity checks on the input, and constructs and
       sends a mail to the BTS control address for you. A local cache of web
       pages and e-mails from the BTS may also be created and updated.

       In general, the command line interface is the same as what you would
       write in a mail to control@bugs.debian.org, just prefixed with "bts".
       For example:

        % bts severity 69042 normal
        % bts merge 69042 43233
        % bts retitle 69042 blah blah

       A few additional commands have been added for your convenience, and
       this program is less strict about what constitutes a valid bug number.
       For example, "severity Bug#85942 normal" is understood, as is "severity
       #85942 normal".  (Of course, your shell may regard "#" as a comment
       character though, so you may need to quote it!)

       Also, for your convenience, this program allows you to abbreviate
       commands to the shortest unique substring (similar to how cvs lets you
       abbreviate commands). So it understands things like "bts cl 85942".

       It is also possible to include a comment in the mail sent to the BTS.
       If your shell does not strip out the comment in a command like "bts
       severity 30321 normal #inflated severity", then this program is smart
       enough to figure out where the comment is, and include it in the email.
       Note that most shells do strip out such comments before they get to the
       program, unless the comment is quoted.  (Something like "bts severity
       #85942 normal" will not be treated as a comment!)

       You can specify multiple commands by separating them with a single dot,
       rather like update-rc.d; a single comma may also be used; all the
       commands will then be sent in a single mail. It is important the
       dot/comma is surrounded by whitespace so it is not mistaken for part of
       a command.  For example (quoting where necessary so that bts sees the
       comment):

        % bts severity 95672 normal , merge 95672 95673 \#they are the same!

       The abbreviation "it" may be used to refer to the last mentioned bug
       number, so you could write:

        % bts severity 95672 wishlist , retitle it "bts: please add a --foo option"

       Please use this program responsibly, and do take our users into
       consideration.

OPTIONS
       bts examines the devscripts configuration files as described below.
       Command line options override the configuration file settings, though.

       -o, --offline
           Make bts use cached bugs for the show and bugs commands, if a cache
           is available for the requested data. See the cache command, below
           for information on setting up a cache.

       --online, --no-offline
           Opposite of --offline; overrides any configuration file directive
           to work offline.

       -n, --no-action
           Do not send emails but print them to standard output.

       --cache, --no-cache
           Should we attempt to cache new versions of BTS pages when
           performing show/bugs commands?  Default is to cache.

       --cache-mode={min|mbox|full}
           When running a bts cache command, should we only mirror the basic
           bug (min), or should we also mirror the mbox version (mbox), or
           should we mirror the whole thing, including the mbox and the boring
           attachments to the BTS bug pages and the acknowledgement emails
           (full)?  Default is min.

       --cache-delay=seconds
           Time in seconds to delay between each download, to avoid hammering
           the BTS web server. Default is 5 seconds.

       --mbox
           Open a mail reader to read the mbox corresponding to a given bug
           number for show and bugs commands.

       --mailreader=READER
           Specify the command to read the mbox.  Must contain a "%s" string
           (unquoted!), which will be replaced by the name of the mbox file.
           The command will be split on white space and will not be passed to
           a shell.  Default is 'mutt -f %s'.  (Also, %% will be substituted
           by a single % if this is needed.)

       --cc-addr=CC_EMAIL_ADDRESS
           Send carbon copies to a list of users. CC_EMAIL_ADDRESS should be a
           comma-separated list of email addresses.

       --use-default-cc
           Add the addresses specified in the configuration file option
           BTS_DEFAULT_CC to the list specified using --cc-addr.  This is the
           default.

       --no-use-default-cc
           Do not add addresses specified in BTS_DEFAULT_CC to the carbon copy
           list.

       --sendmail=SENDMAILCMD
           Specify the sendmail command.  The command will be split on white
           space and will not be passed to a shell.  Default is
           /usr/sbin/sendmail.  The -t option will be automatically added if
           the command is /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/sbin/exim*.  For other
           mailers, if they require a -t option, this must be included in the
           SENDMAILCMD, for example: --sendmail="/usr/sbin/mymailer -t".

       --mutt
           Use mutt for sending of mails. Default is not to use mutt, except
           for some commands.

           Note that one of $DEBEMAIL or $EMAIL must be set in the environment
           in order to use mutt to send emails.

       --no-mutt
           Don't use mutt for sending of mails.

       --soap-timeout=SECONDS
           Specify a timeout for SOAP calls as used by the select and status
           commands.

       --smtp-host=SMTPHOST
           Specify an SMTP host.  If given, bts will send mail by talking
           directly to this SMTP host rather than by invoking a sendmail
           command.

           The host name may be followed by a colon (":") and a port number in
           order to use a port other than the default.  It may also begin with
           "ssmtp://" or "smtps://" to indicate that SMTPS should be used.

           If SMTPS not specified, bts will still try to use STARTTLS if it's
           advertised by the SMTP host.

           Note that one of $DEBEMAIL or $EMAIL must be set in the environment
           in order to use direct SMTP connections to send emails.

           Note that when sending directly via an SMTP host, specifying
           addresses in --cc-addr or BTS_DEFAULT_CC that the SMTP host will
           not relay will cause the SMTP host to reject the entire mail.

           Note also that the use of the reassign command may, when either
           --interactive or --force-interactive mode is enabled, lead to the
           automatic addition of a Cc to $newpackage@packages.debian.org.  In
           these cases, the note above regarding relaying applies.  The
           submission interface (port 587) on reportbug.debian.org does not
           support relaying and, as such, should not be used as an SMTP server
           for bts under the circumstances described in this paragraph.

       --smtp-username=USERNAME, --smtp-password=PASSWORD
           Specify the credentials to use when connecting to the SMTP server
           specified by --smtp-host.  If the server does not require
           authentication then these options should not be used.

           If a username is specified but not a password, bts will prompt for
           the password before sending the mail.

       --smtp-helo=HELO
           Specify the name to use in the HELO command when connecting to the
           SMTP server; defaults to the contents of the file /etc/mailname, if
           it exists.

           Note that some SMTP servers may reject the use of a HELO which
           either does not resolve or does not appear to belong to the host
           using it.

       --bts-server
           Use a debbugs server other than https://bugs.debian.org.

       -f, --force-refresh
           Download a bug report again, even if it does not appear to have
           changed since the last cache command.  Useful if a
           --cache-mode=full is requested for the first time (otherwise
           unchanged bug reports will not be downloaded again, even if the
           boring bits have not been downloaded).

       --no-force-refresh
           Suppress any configuration file --force-refresh option.

       --only-new
           Download only new bugs when caching. Do not check for updates in
           bugs we already have.

       --include-resolved
           When caching bug reports, include those that are marked as
           resolved.  This is the default behaviour.

       --no-include-resolved
           Reverse the behaviour of the previous option.  That is, do not
           cache bugs that are marked as resolved.

       --no-ack
           Suppress acknowledgment mails from the BTS.  Note that this will
           only affect the copies of messages CCed to bugs, not those sent to
           the control bot.

       --ack
           Do not suppress acknowledgement mails.  This is the default
           behaviour.

       -i, --interactive
           Before sending an e-mail to the control bot, display the content
           and allow it to be edited, or the sending cancelled.

       --force-interactive
           Similar to --interactive, with the exception that an editor is
           spawned before prompting for confirmation of the message to be
           sent.

       --no-interactive
           Send control e-mails without confirmation.  This is the default
           behaviour.

       -q, --quiet
           When running bts cache, only display information about newly cached
           pages, not messages saying already cached.  If this option is
           specified twice, only output error messages (to stderr).

       --no-conf, --noconf
           Do not read any configuration files.  This can only be used as the
           first option given on the command-line.

COMMANDS
       For full details about the commands, see the BTS documentation.
       <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control>

       show [options] [bug number | package | maintainer | : ] [opt=val ...]
       show [options] [src:package | from:submitter] [opt=val ...]
       show [options] [tag:tag | usertag:tag ] [opt=val ...]
       show [release-critical | release-critical/... | RC]
           This is a synonym for bts bugs.

       bugs [options] [bug_number | package | maintainer | : ] [opt=val ...]
       bugs [options] [src:package | from:submitter] [opt=val ...]
       bugs [options] [tag:tag | usertag:tag ] [opt=val ...]
       bugs [release-critical | release-critical/... | RC]
           Display the page listing the requested bugs in a web browser using
           sensible-browser(1).

           Options may be specified after the bugs command in addition to or
           instead of options at the start of the command line: recognised
           options at this point are: -o/--offline/--online, -m/--mbox,
           --mailreader and --[no-]cache.  These are described earlier in this
           manpage.  If either the -o or --offline option is used, or there is
           already an up-to-date copy in the local cache, the cached version
           will be used.

           The meanings of the possible arguments are as follows:

           (none)  If nothing is specified, bts bugs will display your bugs,
                   assuming that either DEBEMAIL or EMAIL (examined in that
                   order) is set to the appropriate email address.

           bug_number
                   Display bug number bug_number.

           package Display the bugs for the package package.

           src:package
                   Display the bugs for the source package package.

           maintainer
                   Display the bugs for the maintainer email address
                   maintainer.

           from:submitter
                   Display the bugs for the submitter email address submitter.

           tag:tag Display the bugs which are tagged with tag.

           usertag:tag
                   Display the bugs which are tagged with usertag tag.  See
                   the BTS documentation for more information on usertags.
                   This will require the use of a users=email option.

           :       Details of the bug tracking system itself, along with a
                   bug-request page with more options than this script, can be
                   found on https://bugs.debian.org/.  This page itself will
                   be opened if the command 'bts bugs :' is used.

           release-critical, RC
                   Display the front page of the release-critical pages on the
                   BTS.  This is a synonym for
                   https://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/index.html.  It is
                   also possible to say release-critical/debian/main.html and
                   the like.  RC is a synonym for
                   release-critical/other/all.html.

           After the argument specifying what to display, you can optionally
           specify options to use to format the page or change what it
           displayed.  These are passed to the BTS in the URL downloaded. For
           example, pass dist=stable to see bugs affecting the stable version
           of a package, version=1.0 to see bugs affecting that version of a
           package, or reverse=yes to display newest messages first in a bug
           log.

           If caching has been enabled (that is, --no-cache has not been used,
           and BTS_CACHE has not been set to no), then any page requested by
           bts show will automatically be cached, and be available offline
           thereafter.  Pages which are automatically cached in this way will
           be deleted on subsequent "bts show|bugs|cache" invocations if they
           have not been accessed in 30 days.  Warning: on a filesystem
           mounted with the "noatime" option, running "bts show|bugs" does not
           update the cache files' access times; a cached bug will then be
           subject to auto-cleaning 30 days after its initial download, even
           if it has been accessed in the meantime.

           Any other bts commands following this on the command line will be
           executed after the browser has been exited.

           The desired browser can be specified and configured by setting the
           BROWSER environment variable.  The conventions follow those defined
           by Eric Raymond at http://www.catb.org/~esr/BROWSER/; we here
           reproduce the relevant part.

           The value of BROWSER may consist of a colon-separated series of
           browser command parts. These should be tried in order until one
           succeeds. Each command part may optionally contain the string %s;
           if it does, the URL to be viewed is substituted there. If a command
           part does not contain %s, the browser is to be launched as if the
           URL had been supplied as its first argument. The string %% must be
           substituted as a single %.

           Rationale: We need to be able to specify multiple browser commands
           so programs obeying this convention can do the right thing in
           either X or console environments, trying X first. Specifying
           multiple commands may also be useful for people who share files
           like .profile across multiple systems. We need %s because some
           popular browsers have remote-invocation syntax that requires it.
           Unless %% reduces to %, it won't be possible to have a literal %s
           in the string.

           For example, on most Linux systems a good thing to do would be:

           BROWSER='mozilla -raise -remote "openURL(%s,new-window)":links'

       select [key:value ...]
           Uses the SOAP interface to output a list of bugs which match the
           given selection requirements.

           The following keys are allowed, and may be given multiple times.

           package Binary package name.

           source  Source package name.

           maintainer
                   E-mail address of the maintainer.

           submitter
                   E-mail address of the submitter.

           severity
                   Bug severity.

           status  Status of the bug.  One of open, done, or forwarded.

           tag     Tags applied to the bug. If users is specified, may include
                   usertags in addition to the standard tags.

           owner   Bug's owner.

           correspondent
                   Address of someone who sent mail to the log.

           affects Bugs which affect this package.

           bugs    List of bugs to search within.

           users   Users to use when looking up usertags.

           archive Whether to search archived bugs or normal bugs; defaults to
                   0 (i.e. only search normal bugs). As a special case, if
                   archive is both, both archived and unarchived bugs are
                   returned.

           For example, to select the set of bugs submitted by
           jrandomdeveloper@example.com and tagged wontfix, one would use

           bts select submitter:jrandomdeveloper@example.com tag:wontfix

           If a key is used multiple times then the set of bugs selected
           includes those matching any of the supplied values; for example

           bts select package:foo severity:wishlist severity:minor

           returns all bugs of package foo with either wishlist or minor
           severity.

       status [bug | file:file | fields:field[,field ...] | verbose] ...
           Uses the SOAP interface to output status information for the given
           bugs (or as read from the listed files -- use - to indicate STDIN).

           By default, all populated fields for a bug are displayed.

           If verbose is given, empty fields will also be displayed.

           If fields is given, only those fields will be displayed.  No
           validity checking is performed on any specified fields.

       clone bug new_ID [new_ID ...]
           The clone control command allows you to duplicate a bug report. It
           is useful in the case where a single report actually indicates that
           multiple distinct bugs have occurred. "New IDs" are negative
           numbers, separated by spaces, which may be used in subsequent
           control commands to refer to the newly duplicated bugs.  A new
           report is generated for each new ID.

       done bug [version]
           Mark a bug as Done. This forces interactive mode since done
           messages should include an explanation why the bug is being closed.
           You should specify which version of the package closed the bug, if
           possible.

       reopen bug [submitter]
           Reopen a bug, with optional submitter.

       archive bug
           Archive a bug that has previously been archived but is currently
           not.  The bug must fulfill all of the requirements for archiving
           with the exception of those that are time-based.

       unarchive bug
           Unarchive a bug that is currently archived.

       retitle bug title
           Change the title of the bug.

       summary bug [messagenum]
           Select a message number that should be used as the summary of a
           bug.

           If no message number is given, the summary is cleared.

       submitter bug [bug ...] submitter-email
           Change the submitter address of a bug or a number of bugs, with !
           meaning `use the address on the current email as the new submitter
           address'.

       reassign bug [bug ...] package [version]
           Reassign a bug or a number of bugs to a different package.  The
           version field is optional; see the explanation at
           <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control>.

       found bug [version]
           Indicate that a bug was found to exist in a particular package
           version.  Without version, the list of fixed versions is cleared
           and the bug is reopened.

       notfound bug version
           Remove the record that bug was encountered in the given version of
           the package to which it is assigned.

       fixed bug version
           Indicate that a bug was fixed in a particular package version,
           without affecting the bug's open/closed status.

       notfixed bug version
           Remove the record that a bug was fixed in the given version of the
           package to which it is assigned.

           This is equivalent to the sequence of commands "found bug version",
           "notfound bug version".

       block bug by|with bug [bug ...]
           Note that a bug is blocked from being fixed by a set of other bugs.

       unblock bug by|with bug [bug ...]
           Note that a bug is no longer blocked from being fixed by a set of
           other bugs.

       merge bug bug [bug ...]
           Merge a set of bugs together.

       forcemerge bug bug [bug ...]
           Forcibly merge a set of bugs together. The first bug listed is the
           master bug, and its settings (those which must be equal in a normal
           merge) are assigned to the bugs listed next.

       unmerge bug
           Unmerge a bug.

       tag bug [+|-|=] tag [tag ...]
       tags bug [+|-|=] tag [tag ...]
           Set or unset a tag on a bug. The tag may either be the exact tag
           name or it may be abbreviated to any unique tag substring. (So
           using fixed will set the tag fixed, not fixed-upstream, for
           example, but fix would not be acceptable.) Multiple tags may be
           specified as well. The two commands (tag and tags) are identical.
           At least one tag must be specified, unless the = flag is used,
           where the command

             bts tags <bug> =

           will remove all tags from the specified bug.

           Adding/removing the security tag will add
           "team\@security.debian.org" to the Cc list of the control email.

           The list of valid tags and their significance is available at
           <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags>. The current valid
           tags are:

           patch, wontfix, moreinfo, unreproducible, fixed, help, security,
           upstream, pending, d-i, confirmed, ipv6, lfs, fixed-upstream, l10n,
           newcomer, a11y, ftbfs

           There is also a tag for each release of Debian since "potato". Note
           that this list may be out of date, see the website for the most up
           to date source.

       affects bug [+|-|=] package [package ...]
           Indicates that a bug affects a package other than that against
           which it is filed, causing the bug to be listed by default in the
           package list of the other package.  This should generally be used
           where the bug is severe enough to cause multiple reports from users
           to be assigned to the wrong package.  At least one package must be
           specified, unless the = flag is used, where the command

             bts affects <bug> =

           will remove all indications that bug affects other packages.

       user email
           Specify a user email address before using the usertags command.

       usertag bug [+|-|=] tag [tag ...]
       usertags bug [+|-|=] tag [tag ...]
           Set or unset a user tag on a bug. The tag must be the exact tag
           name wanted; there are no defaults or checking of tag names.
           Multiple tags may be specified as well. The two commands (usertag
           and usertags) are identical.  At least one tag must be specified,
           unless the = flag is used, where the command

             bts usertags <bug> =

           will remove all user tags from the specified bug.

       claim bug [claim]
           Record that you have claimed a bug (e.g. for a bug squashing
           party).  claim should be a unique token allowing the bugs you have
           claimed to be identified; an e-mail address is often used.

           If no claim is specified, the environment variable DEBEMAIL or
           EMAIL (checked in that order) is used.

       unclaim bug [claim]
           Remove the record that you have claimed a bug.

           If no claim is specified, the environment variable DEBEMAIL or
           EMAIL (checked in that order) is used.

       severity bug severity
           Change the severity of a bug. Available severities are: wishlist,
           minor, normal, important, serious, grave, critical. The severity
           may be abbreviated to any unique substring.

       forwarded bug address
           Mark the bug as forwarded to the given address (usually an email
           address or a URL for an upstream bug tracker).

       notforwarded bug
           Mark a bug as not forwarded.

       package [package ...]
           The following commands will only apply to bugs against the listed
           packages; this acts as a safety mechanism for the BTS.  If no
           packages are listed, this check is turned off again.

       limit [key[:value]] ...
           The following commands will only apply to bugs which meet the
           specified criterion; this acts as a safety mechanism for the BTS.
           If no values are listed, the limits for that key are turned off
           again.  If no keys are specified, all limits are reset.

           submitter
                   E-mail address of the submitter.

           date    Date the bug was submitted.

           subject Subject of the bug.

           msgid   Message-id of the initial bug report.

           package Binary package name.

           source  Source package name.

           tag     Tags applied to the bug.

           severity
                   Bug severity.

           owner   Bug's owner.

           affects Bugs affecting this package.

           archive Whether to search archived bugs or normal bugs; defaults to
                   0 (i.e. only search normal bugs). As a special case, if
                   archive is both, both archived and unarchived bugs are
                   returned.

           For example, to limit the set of bugs affected by the subsequent
           control commands to those submitted by jrandomdeveloper@example.com
           and tagged wontfix, one would use

           bts limit submitter:jrandomdeveloper@example.com tag:wontfix

           If a key is used multiple times then the set of bugs selected
           includes those matching any of the supplied values; for example

           bts limit package:foo severity:wishlist severity:minor

           only applies the subsequent control commands to bugs of package foo
           with either wishlist or minor severity.

       owner bug owner-email
           Change the "owner" address of a bug, with ! meaning `use the
           address on the current email as the new owner address'.

           The owner of a bug accepts responsibility for dealing with it.

       noowner bug
           Mark a bug as having no "owner".

       subscribe bug [email]
           Subscribe the given email address to the specified bug report.  If
           no email address is specified, the environment variable DEBEMAIL or
           EMAIL (in that order) is used.  If those are not set, or ! is given
           as email address, your default address will be used.

           After executing this command, you will be sent a subscription
           confirmation to which you have to reply.  When subscribed to a bug
           report, you receive all relevant emails and notifications.  Use the
           unsubscribe command to unsubscribe.

       unsubscribe bug [email]
           Unsubscribe the given email address from the specified bug report.
           As with subscribe above, if no email address is specified, the
           environment variables DEBEMAIL or EMAIL (in that order) is used.
           If those are not set, or ! is given as email address, your default
           address will be used.

           After executing this command, you will be sent an unsubscription
           confirmation to which you have to reply. Use the subscribe command
           to, well, subscribe.

       reportspam bug ...
           The reportspam command allows you to report a bug report as
           containing spam.  It saves one from having to go to the bug web
           page to do so.

       spamreport bug ...
           spamreport is a synonym for reportspam.

       cache [options] [maint_email | pkg | src:pkg | from:submitter]
       cache [options] [release-critical | release-critical/... | RC]
           Generate or update a cache of bug reports for the given email
           address or package. By default it downloads all bugs belonging to
           the email address in the DEBEMAIL environment variable (or the
           EMAIL environment variable if DEBEMAIL is unset). This command may
           be repeated to cache bugs belonging to several people or packages.
           If multiple packages or addresses are supplied, bugs belonging to
           any of the arguments will be cached; those belonging to more than
           one of the arguments will only be downloaded once. The cached bugs
           are stored in $XDG_CACHE_HOME/devscripts/bts/ or, if XDG_CACHE_HOME
           is not set, in ~/.cache/devscripts/bts/.

           You can use the cached bugs with the -o switch. For example:

             bts -o bugs
             bts -o show 12345

           Also, bts will update the files in it in a piecemeal fashion as it
           downloads information from the BTS using the show command. You
           might thus set up the cache, and update the whole thing once a
           week, while letting the automatic cache updates update the bugs you
           frequently refer to during the week.

           Some options affect the behaviour of the cache command.  The first
           is the setting of --cache-mode, which controls how much bts
           downloads of the referenced links from the bug page, including
           boring bits such as the acknowledgement emails, emails to the
           control bot, and the mbox version of the bug report.  It can take
           three values: min (the minimum), mbox (download the minimum plus
           the mbox version of the bug report) or full (the whole works).  The
           second is --force-refresh or -f, which forces the download, even if
           the cached bug report is up-to-date.  The --include-resolved option
           indicates whether bug reports marked as resolved should be
           downloaded during caching.

           Each of these is configurable from the configuration file, as
           described below.  They may also be specified after the cache
           command as well as at the start of the command line.

           Finally, -q or --quiet will suppress messages about caches being
           up-to-date, and giving the option twice will suppress all cache
           messages (except for error messages).

           Beware of caching RC, though: it will take a LONG time!  (With
           1000+ RC bugs and a delay of 5 seconds between bugs, you're looking
           at a minimum of 1.5 hours, and probably significantly more than
           that.)

       cleancache package | src:package | maintainer
       cleancache from:submitter | tag:tag | usertag:tag | number | ALL
           Clean the cache for the specified package, maintainer, etc., as
           described above for the bugs command, or clean the entire cache if
           ALL is specified. This is useful if you are going to have permanent
           network access or if the database has become corrupted for some
           reason.  Note that for safety, this command does not default to the
           value of DEBEMAIL or EMAIL.

       listcachedbugs [number]
           List cached bug ids (intended to support bash completion). The
           optional number argument restricts the list to those bug ids that
           start with that number.

       version
           Display version and copyright information.

       help
           Display a short summary of commands, suspiciously similar to parts
           of this man page.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       DEBEMAIL
           If this is set, the From: line in the email will be set to use this
           email address instead of your normal email address (as would be
           determined by mail).

       DEBFULLNAME
           If DEBEMAIL is set, DEBFULLNAME is examined to determine the full
           name to use; if this is not set, bts attempts to determine a name
           from your passwd entry.

       BROWSER
           If set, it specifies the browser to use for the show and bugs
           options.  See the description above.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
       The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
       sourced by a shell in that order to set configuration variables.
       Command line options can be used to override configuration file
       settings.  Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose.
       The currently recognised variables are:

       BTS_OFFLINE
           If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --offline command
           line parameter being used.  Only has an effect on the show and bugs
           commands.  The default is no.  See the description of the show
           command above for more information.

       BTS_CACHE
           If this is set to no, then it is the same as the --no-cache command
           line parameter being used.  Only has an effect on the show and bug
           commands.  The default is yes.  Again, see the show command above
           for more information.

       BTS_CACHE_MODE={min,mbox,full}
           How much of the BTS should we mirror when we are asked to cache
           something?  Just the minimum, or also the mbox or the whole thing?
           The default is min, and it has the same meaning as the --cache-mode
           command line parameter.  Only has an effect on the cache.  See the
           cache command for more information.

       BTS_FORCE_REFRESH
           If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --force-refresh
           command line parameter being used.  Only has an effect on the cache
           command.  The default is no.  See the cache command for more
           information.

       BTS_MAIL_READER
           If this is set, specifies a mail reader to use instead of mutt.
           Same as the --mailreader command line option.

       BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND
           If this is set, specifies a sendmail command to use instead of
           /usr/sbin/sendmail.  Same as the --sendmail command line option.

       BTS_ONLY_NEW
           Download only new bugs when caching. Do not check for updates in
           bugs we already have.  The default is no.  Same as the --only-new
           command line option.

       BTS_SMTP_HOST
           If this is set, specifies an SMTP host to use for sending mail
           rather than using the sendmail command.  Same as the --smtp-host
           command line option.

           Note that this option takes priority over BTS_SENDMAIL_COMMAND if
           both are set, unless the --sendmail option is used.

       BTS_SMTP_AUTH_USERNAME, BTS_SMTP_AUTH_PASSWORD
           If these options are set, then it is the same as the
           --smtp-username and --smtp-password options being used.

       BTS_SMTP_HELO
           Same as the --smtp-helo command line option.

       BTS_INCLUDE_RESOLVED
           If this is set to no, then it is the same as the
           --no-include-resolved command line parameter being used.  Only has
           an effect on the cache command.  The default is yes.  See the cache
           command for more information.

       BTS_SUPPRESS_ACKS
           If this is set to yes, then it is the same as the --no-ack command
           line parameter being used.  The default is no.

       BTS_INTERACTIVE
           If this is set to yes or force, then it is the same as the
           --interactive or --force-interactive command line parameter being
           used.  The default is no.

       BTS_DEFAULT_CC
           Specify a list of e-mail addresses to which a carbon copy of the
           generated e-mail to the control bot should automatically be sent.

       BTS_SERVER
           Specify the name of a debbugs server which should be used instead
           of https://bugs.debian.org.

SEE ALSO
       Please see <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control> for more
       details on how to control the BTS using emails and
       <https://www.debian.org/Bugs/> for more information about the BTS.

       querybts(1), reportbug(1), pts-subscribe(1), devscripts.conf(5)

COPYRIGHT
       This program is Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by Joey Hess
       <joeyh@debian.org>.  Many modifications have been made, Copyright (C)
       2002-2005 Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> and Copyright (C) 2007 Josh
       Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>.

       It is licensed under the terms of the GPL, either version 2 of the
       License, or (at your option) any later version.

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