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This article refers to the Bugzilla web application. Go here for the Gentoo Bugzilla guide.

Bugzilla is a web application for tracking bugs. It is helpful in software development and is a means to problem resolution.0

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for www-apps/bugzilla Bugzilla is the Bug-Tracking System from the Mozilla project

`apache2`	Add Apache2 support
`doc`	Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
`mysql`	Add mySQL Database support
`postgres`	Add support for the postgresql database
`sqlite`	Add support for sqlite - embedded sql database
`test`	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
`vhosts`	Add support for installing web-based applications into a virtual-hosting environment

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask www-apps/bugzilla

MySQL

Install MySQL, then create a database for Bugzilla:

root #

mysql -u root -p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `bugs` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci`;
mysql> CREATE USER 'bugs'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'changeme';
mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER ON `bugs`.* TO 'bugs'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'changeme';
mysql> \q

Configuration

Adjust configs

FILE /var/www/localhost/htdocs/bugzilla/localconfig

$db_pass = 'changeme';

FILE /etc/mysql/my.cnf

max_allowed_packet = 4M

root #/var/www/localhost/htdocs/bugzilla/checksetup.pl

root #

cat >> /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/default_vhost.include << EOF
<Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/bugzilla>
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +Indexes +ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex index.cgi index.html
AllowOverride All FileInfo Indexes Options
Require all granted
</Directory>
EOF

root #/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Web end

Finally, point a web browser to http://127.0.0.1/bugzilla/