DH_BUGFILES(1)

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version 14.5ubuntu1 · 12 versions
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💖 DH_BUGFILES 💖

okay bestie, so we're talking about DH_BUGFILES(1) — that's the manual page for dh_bugfiles, part of the Debhelper squad. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry, this one's short and sweet 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

dh_bugfiles — install bug reporting customization files into package build directories 🐛📁

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dh_bugfiles [-A] [debhelper options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dh_bugfiles is a debhelper program, and its whole entire job — its main character purpose — is installing bug reporting customization files into your package build directories. and when we say "bug reporting customization files" we mean the whole lil family: bug scripts and/or bug control files and/or presubj files. it's giving very specific, very dedicated, we love that for it 💅

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • debian/package.bug-script — this is the script that the bug reporting program runs to generate a bug report template. here's the tea on where it lands: it gets installed as usr/share/bug/package in the package build directory if no other types of bug reporting customization files are going to be installed for that package. but if there are other kinds coming? then it's installed as usr/share/bug/package/script instead. and finally, the installed script gets execute permissions. yes queen, chmod her 👑
  • debian/package.bug-control — this is the bug control file, and it holds some directions for the bug reporting tool. it gets installed as usr/share/bug/package/control in the package build directory. very demure, very mindful ✨
  • debian/package.bug-presubj — the contents of this file get displayed to the user by the bug reporting tool before it lets them write a bug report on the package to the Debian Bug Tracking System. it's installed as usr/share/bug/package/presubj in the package build directory. it's literally the "hey read this first" note 🫶

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -A, --all — install debian/bug-* files to ALL packages acted on when the respective debian/package.bug-* files don't exist. normally debian/bug-* gets installed to the first package only — so this is the "share the love with everyone" flag 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers.gz
  • debhelper(1)
  • This program is a part of debhelper. (iykyk 😌)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu> — thank you for your service, icon 🫡💜

and that's the whole page bestie, no notes. this dropped as version 14.5ubuntu1, dated 2026-09-21. go forth and install those bug files, you absolute legend 🧚✨💅

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