Re: send-pr error!

[Yngve Svendsen]

At 17:31 14.12.01 +0900, Choi, Jang-Wook wrote:
> Hello, I installed the latest gnats in my redhat linux.
>
> I just followed the install instructions of gnats.info, but when I execute 
> send-pr from the shell, I got an error message. I read manuals but still 
> don't know what's wrong. Somebody please help me.

If you by "latest version" mean that you have checked out a development 
snapshot of version 4, this is a known problem. Most of the remote site 
functionality was ripped out of GNATS 4, since it was never implemented 
properly in previous versions, and send-pr version 4 still needs some work 
and a few design decisions to replace the stuff that's gone. The problem 
you have is related to the fact that the "new" send-pr hasn't been 
documented properly. Send-pr is now supposed to have its own config file 
where stuff like submitter-id is set. Anyway, I recommend that you don't 
deploy send-pr around your network until we got these things sorted out.

Milan: We need to decide exactly how send-pr is supposed to work when 
installed at remote locations (There is an empty section in the 
installation chapter waiting for material on installation at remote sites, 
and the send-pr documentation in chapter 2 still describes the old 
version). Are we going to keep the "request-sid" functionality (see 
http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gnats&pr=193), 
or should remote submitters get an ID through other channels?

Yngve Svendsen
GNATS doc guy