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<h1><a name="NAME"
>NAME</a></h1>
<p>Parrot Bug Reporter</p>
<h1><a name="SYNOPSIS"
>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<pre> % ./parrotbug [options] [actions]</pre>
<h1><a name="DESCRIPTION"
>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p>A program to help generate bug reports about parrot, and mail them. It is designed to be used interactively. Normally no arguments will be needed.</p>
<h1><a name="COMMAND-LINE_SWITCHES"
>COMMAND-LINE SWITCHES</a></h1>
<h2><a name="Options"
>Options</a></h2>
<p>Note: you will be prompted if the program miss some information.</p>
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<dt><a name="--nok"
><b>--nok</b></a></dt>
Report unsuccessful build on this system to parrot developers.
<dt><a name="--ok"
><b>--ok</b></a></dt>
Report successful build on this system to parrot developers Only use <code>--ok</code> if <b>everything</b> was ok; if there were <b>any</b> problems at all, use <code>--nok</code>.
<dt><a name="--summary"
><b>--summary</b></a></dt>
Summary of the report. You will be prompted if you don't supply one on the command-line.
<dt><a name="--category"
><b>--category</b></a></dt>
Category of the bug report. You will be prompted if you don't supply one on the command-line.
<dt><a name="--severity"
><b>--severity</b></a></dt>
Severity of the bug report. You will be prompted if you don't supply one on the command-line.
<dt><a name="--address"
><b>--address</b></a></dt>
Your email address. The program will try to guess one if you don't provide one, but you'll still need to validate it.
<dt><a name="--editor"
><b>--editor</b></a></dt>
Editor to use for editing the bug report.
<dt><a name="--output-file"
><b>--output-file</b></a></dt>
File where parrotbug will save its bug report, if you ask it to do so.</dl>
<h2><a name="Actions"
>Actions</a></h2>
<p>You can provide more than one action on the command-line. If none is supplied, then you will be prompted for what to do.</p>
<dl>
<dt><a name="--dump"
><b>--dump</b></a></dt>
Dump formatted report on standard output.
<dt><a name="--save"
><b>--save</b></a></dt>
Save message to a file, in order for you to send it later from your own. See <code>--output</code> flag.
<dt><a name="--help"
><b>--help</b></a></dt>
Print a short synopsis and exit.
<dt><a name="--version"
><b>--version</b></a></dt>
Print version information and exit.</dl>
<h1><a name="SEE_ALSO"
>SEE ALSO</a></h1>
<p>perlbug(1), parrot(1), diff(1), patch(1)</p>
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