How to report a bug in Debian Live ================================== "No software is perfect... we need your help!" Debian Live is far from being perfect, but we want to make it as close as possible to perfect - with your help. Do not hesitate to report a bug: it is better to fill a report twice than never. However, here are some recommendations how to file good bug reports. 1. Where does the bug appear? ----------------------------- ...at build time while bootstrapping? make-live first bootstraps a basic Debian system with cdebootstrap(1) or debootstrap(8). Depending on both cdebootstrap/debootstrap and the Debian distribution it is bootstrapping, it runs sucessful or not. If a bug appears here, check if the error is related to a specific Debian package (most likely), or if it is related to cdebootstrap/debootstrap itself. In both cases, this is not a bug in Debian Live, but rather in Debian itself. We can not fix this directly. Instead, report such a bug against the cdebootstrap package, or the failing package. ...at build time while installing packages? Debian Live installs additional packages from the Debian archive. Depending on the Debian distribution used and the daily archive state, it can fail. If a bug appears here, check if the error is also reproducible on a normal system. If this is the case, this is not a bug in Debian Live, but rather in Debian again. Report it against the failing package. ...at run time? If a package was successfully installed, but fails while actually running the Live system, this is probably a bug in Debian Live. 2. Where to send the bug report? -------------------------------- Report error logs of build time errors to live-helper and run time errors to casper in the Debian Bug Tracking System. If you are unsure or need more help before submitting a bug report, you can always send a message to . We will help you to figure it out.