# Bcc: control retitle 484245 reportbug: --body-file does not use header/footer info from body severity normal thanks
Hi Shai, On 08/06/03 13:00 +0300, Shai Berger said ... > > On Tuesday 03 June 2008 11:25:57 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: > > > > If I read this bug report correctly, what you ask for is an option that > > would allow you to report bugs using reportbug directly from a file that > > was saved earlier by reportbug. And include the headers, footers etc. > > without having to go through the prompt/answer routine again. > > This is almost my intention, except that I think the current behavior (make > some prompts, and change report so it is not identical to the file, but not > allow the user to review these changes) is not reasonable and therefore a > defect. Sure, I agree. > As a side point, the --body-file option is recommended by the program when > you > decide not to submit a report; with current behavior, though, the file it > produces is actually not suitable for use with this option. I wonder, what > use-case makes the current behavior desirable. reportbug advises using --body-file and --include since the previous release. This was done for #328531 but reading that report closely ... <quote> Anyway, -i apparently reasks questions already in the /tmp file, so isn't exactly what we want here. </quote> ... it looks like the submitter there wanted functionality like you expect. > Thus, I disagree with both the new title and the 'wishlist' severity. Hence reverting them :) Cheers, Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://appaji.net/
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