[Linux-disciples] Subscribing to a Debian Bug?

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 12:54:09AM -0400, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> > > > I should know this, but I don't.
> > > > Is there any way to subscribe to a Debian bug?  I.e., without actually
> > > > submitting the report or additional information, just receiving all
> > > > reports and correspondence relating to a bug number (especially knowing
> > > > when the bug is closed).
> > > This isn't what you asked, but you can subscribe to all bugs on a
> > > package: e.g., go to
> > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/o/openoffice.org.html
> > > and go to the "Subscribers" box on the left.
> > Thanks, that's good enough for now.  Basically, I want to know when a
> > grave bug is closed before upgrading a package, and I don't want to have
> > to keep checking every day.
> Do you know about the 'F' command in aptitude?  It prevents you from
> updating to a specific version.  There's probably some way to do it from
> the command line as well.

That's useful to know.  The main thing, though, is that I don't even want
to go into aptitude or check for new versions until the bug is fixed; and
then once it's fixed I want to upgrade immediately.

> (You use apt-listbugs, right?  That will at least give you warning
> before upgrading.)

Yup.  I think apt-listbugs should be mandatory for anyone not running
stable.  An even better feature would be something where you could set
aptitude or apt-get to automatically refuse to upgrade any package with
any arbitrary bug criteria--e.g., never upgrade anything with >=1 grave
bug.
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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