# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1285226133 14400
# Node ID b4ed4fe70c2c1a214b31ad325ebd59631630ab11
# Parent  92bb25c0da9e32c64b72105f67a08fec010919fa
eliminate octave-bug script/program

diff -r 92bb25c0da9e -r b4ed4fe70c2c ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog	Wed Sep 22 18:06:21 2010 -0400
+++ b/ChangeLog	Thu Sep 23 03:15:33 2010 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2010-09-23  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* octave-bug.in, octave-bug.cc.in: Delete
+	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove them from the list.
+	(bin_PROGRAMS): Remove octave-bug from the list.
+	(octave_bug_SOURCES, nodist_octave_bug_SOURCES): Delete variables.
+	(BUILT_SOURCES): Remove octave-bug.cc from the list.
+	(bin_SCRIPTS): Remove octave-bug from the list.
+	(octave-bug.cc, octave-bug): Delete rules.
+
 2010-09-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Include mktime in the list.
diff -r 92bb25c0da9e -r b4ed4fe70c2c Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am	Wed Sep 22 18:06:21 2010 -0400
+++ b/Makefile.am	Thu Sep 23 03:15:33 2010 -0400
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
   mkoctfile.cc.in \
   mkoctfile.in \
   move-if-change \
-  octave-bug.cc.in \
-  octave-bug.in \
   octave-config.cc.in \
   octave-config.in \
   octave-sh \
@@ -78,8 +76,7 @@
 if AMCOND_BUILD_COMPILED_AUX_PROGRAMS
 bin_PROGRAMS = \
   mkoctfile \
-  octave-config \
-  octave-bug
+  octave-config
 
 mkoctfile_SOURCES =
 nodist_mkoctfile_SOURCES = mkoctfile.cc
@@ -87,20 +84,15 @@
 octave_config_SOURCES =
 nodist_octave_config_SOURCES = octave-config.cc
 
-octave_bug_SOURCES =
-nodist_octave_bug_SOURCES = octave-bug.cc
-
 BUILT_SOURCES = \
   mkoctfile.cc \
   octave-config.cc \
-  octave-bug.cc \
   run-octave
 
 else
 bin_SCRIPTS = \
   mkoctfile \
   octave-config \
-  octave-bug \
   run-octave
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = \
@@ -131,19 +123,12 @@
 	@echo ""
 
 if AMCOND_BUILD_COMPILED_AUX_PROGRAMS
-octave-bug.cc: octave-bug.cc.in Makefile
-	@$(do_subst_config_vals)
-
 octave-config.cc: octave-config.cc.in Makefile
 	@$(do_subst_default_vals)
 
 mkoctfile.cc: mkoctfile.cc.in Makefile
 	@$(do_subst_config_vals)
 else
-octave-bug: octave-bug.in Makefile
-	@$(do_subst_config_vals)
-	chmod a+rx $@
-
 octave-config: octave-config.in Makefile
 	@$(do_subst_default_vals)
 	chmod a+rx $@
diff -r 92bb25c0da9e -r b4ed4fe70c2c octave-bug.cc.in
--- a/octave-bug.cc.in	Wed Sep 22 18:06:21 2010 -0400
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,435 +0,0 @@
-/*
-
-Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Michael Goffioul
-
-This file is part of Octave.
-
-Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
-option) any later version.
-
-Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
-<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-*/
-
-#include <string>
-#include <map>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <sstream>
-
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <mapi.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-using namespace std;
-
-static map<string,string> vars;
-
-static void
-usage (void)
-{
-  cerr << "usage: octave-bug [-s subject]" << endl;
-  exit (-1);
-}
-
-static void
-error (const string& msg)
-{
-  cerr << "error: " << msg << endl;
-  exit (-1);
-}
-
-static void
-warning (const string& msg)
-{
-  cerr << "warning: " << msg << endl;
-}
-
-static string
-get_env_variable (const char *name)
-{
-  char *value = ::getenv (name);
-  if (value)
-    return string (value);
-  else
-    return string ("");
-}
-
-inline bool
-starts_with (const string& s, const string& prefix)
-{
-  return (s.length () >= prefix.length () && s.find (prefix) == 0);
-}
-
-int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  int arg_idx = 1;
-
-  vars["config_optvars"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_config_opts%;
-  vars["VERSION"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_VERSION%;
-  vars["SED"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_SED%;
-  vars["MACHINE"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE%;
-  vars["F77"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_F77%;
-  vars["FFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFLAGS%;
-  vars["FPICFLAG"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FPICFLAG%;
-  vars["FLIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FLIBS%;
-  vars["CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["INCFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_INCFLAGS%;
-  vars["CC"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CC%;
-  vars["CC_VERSION"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CC_VERSION%;
-  vars["CFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CFLAGS%;
-  vars["CPICFLAG"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CPICFLAG%;
-  vars["CXX"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXX%;
-  vars["CXX_VERSION"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXX_VERSION%;
-  vars["CXXFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXXFLAGS%;
-  vars["CXXPICFLAG"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXXPICFLAG%;
-  vars["LD_CXX"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_LD_CXX%;
-  vars["LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["LIBFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_LIBFLAGS%;
-  vars["RLD_FLAG"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_RLD_FLAG%;
-  vars["LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_LIBS%;
-  vars["LEXLIB"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_LEXLIB%;
-
-  vars["AMD_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_AMD_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["AMD_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_AMD_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["AMD_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_AMD_LIBS%;
-  vars["ARPACK_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_ARPACK_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["ARPACK_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_ARPACK_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["ARPACK_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_ARPACK_LIBS%;
-  vars["BLAS_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_BLAS_LIBS%;
-  vars["CAMD_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CAMD_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["CAMD_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CAMD_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["CAMD_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CAMD_LIBS%;
-  vars["CARBON_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CARBON_LIBS%;
-  vars["CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["CCOLAMD_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CCOLAMD_LIBS%;
-  vars["CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["CHOLMOD_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CHOLMOD_LIBS%;
-  vars["COLAMD_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_COLAMD_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["COLAMD_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_COLAMD_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["COLAMD_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_COLAMD_LIBS%;
-  vars["CURL_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CURL_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["CURL_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CURL_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["CURL_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CURL_LIBS%;
-  vars["CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["CXSPARSE_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_CXSPARSE_LIBS%;
-  vars["DL_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_DL_LIBS%;
-  vars["FFTW3_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["FFTW3_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["FFTW3_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3_LIBS%;
-  vars["FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["FFTW3F_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3F_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["FFTW3F_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3F_LIBS%;
-  vars["GRAPHICS_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_GRAPHICS_LIBS%;
-  vars["GLPK_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_GLPK_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["GLPK_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_GLPK_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["GLPK_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_GLPK_LIBS%;
-  vars["HDF5_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_HDF5_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["HDF5_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_HDF5_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["HDF5_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_HDF5_LIBS%;
-  vars["OPENGL_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_OPENGL_LIBS%;
-  vars["PTHREAD_CFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_PTHREAD_CFLAGS%;
-  vars["PTHREAD_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_PTHREAD_LIBS%;
-  vars["QHULL_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_QHULL_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["QHULL_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_QHULL_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["QHULL_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_QHULL_LIBS%;
-  vars["QRUPDATE_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_QRUPDATE_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["QRUPDATE_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_QRUPDATE_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["QRUPDATE_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_QRUPDATE_LIBS%;
-  vars["READLINE_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_READLINE_LIBS%;
-  vars["REGEX_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_REGEX_LIBS%;
-  vars["TERM_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_TERM_LIBS%;
-  vars["UMFPACK_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_UMFPACK_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["UMFPACK_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_UMFPACK_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["UMFPACK_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_UMFPACK_LIBS%;
-  vars["X11_INCFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_X11_INCFLAGS%;
-  vars["X11_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_X11_LIBS%;
-  vars["Z_CPPFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_Z_CPPFLAGS%;
-  vars["Z_LDFLAGS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_Z_LDFLAGS%;
-  vars["Z_LIBS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_Z_LIBS%;
-
-  vars["DEFS"] = %OCTAVE_CONF_DEFS%;
-
-  vars["USER"] = get_env_variable ("LOGNAME");
-  if (vars["USER"].empty ())
-    vars["USER"] = get_env_variable ("USERNAME");
-
-  vars["CC_AND_VERSION"] = (vars["CC"] + ", version" + vars["CC_VERSION"]);
-  
-  vars["CXX_AND_VERSION"] = (vars["CXX"] + ", version" + vars["CXX_VERSION"]);
-
-  // FIXME -- could be obtained from OS.
-  vars["UN"] = "Windows";
-
-  // FIXME -- the shell script also checks the minor version number,
-  // and if it is greater than or equal to 90, it is assumed that this
-  // version of Octave is a test release and bugs should go to the
-  // maintainers@octave.org list instead of bugs.
-  if (starts_with (vars["VERSION"], "ss"))
-    vars["BUGADDR"] = "maintainers@octave.org";
-  else
-    vars["BUGADDR"] = "bug@octave.org";
-
-  vars["SUBJECT"] = "[50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]";
-  if (arg_idx < argc && strcmp (argv[arg_idx], "-s") == 0)
-    {
-      arg_idx++;
-      if (arg_idx < argc)
-	vars["SUBJECT"] = argv[arg_idx++];
-      else
-	usage ();
-    }
-
-  ostringstream os;
-
-  os << "Bug report for Octave " << vars["VERSION"] << " configured for " << vars["MACHINE"] << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "Description:" << endl;
-  os << "-----------" << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "  * Please replace this item with a detailed description of the" << endl;
-  os << "    problem.  Suggestions or general comments are also welcome." << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "Repeat-By:" << endl;
-  os << "---------" << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "  * Please replace this item with a description of the sequence of" << endl;
-  os << "    events that causes the problem to occur. " << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "Fix:" << endl;
-  os << "---" << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "  * If possible, replace this item with a description of how to" << endl;
-  os << "    fix the problem (if you don't have a fix for the problem, don't" << endl;
-  os << "    include this section, but please do submit your report anyway)." << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "Configuration (please do not edit this section):" << endl;
-  os << "-----------------------------------------------" << endl;
-  os << endl;
-  os << "uname output:      " << vars["UN"] << endl;
-  os << "SED:               " << vars["SED"] << endl;
-  os << "configure opts:    " << vars["config_opts"] << endl;
-  os << "Fortran compiler:  " << vars["F77"] << endl;
-  os << "FFLAGS:            " << vars["FFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "FLIBS:             " << vars["FLIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CPPFLAGS:          " << vars["CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "INCFLAGS:          " << vars["INCFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "C compiler:        " << vars["CC_AND_VERSION"] << endl;
-  os << "CFLAGS:            " << vars["CFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CPICFLAG:          " << vars["CPICFLAG"] << endl;
-  os << "C++ compiler:      " << vars["CXX_AND_VERSION"] << endl;
-  os << "CXXFLAGS:          " << vars["CXXFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CXXPICFLAG:        " << vars["CXXPICFLAG"] << endl;
-  os << "LD_CXX:            " << vars["LD_CXX"] << endl;
-  os << "LDFLAGS:           " << vars["LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "LIBFLAGS:          " << vars["LIBFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "RLD_FLAG:          " << vars["RLD_FLAG"] << endl;
-  os << "BLAS_LIBS:         " << vars["BLAS_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW_LIBS:         " << vars["FFTW_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "LEXLIB:            " << vars["LEXLIB"] << endl;
-  os << "LIBS:              " << vars["LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "AMD_CPPFLAGS:      " << vars["AMD_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "AMD_LDFLAGS:       " << vars["AMD_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "AMD_LIBS:          " << vars["AMD_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "ARPACK_LIBS:       " << vars["ARPACK_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "BLAS_LIBS:         " << vars["BLAS_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CAMD_CPPFLAGS:     " << vars["CAMD_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CAMD_LDFLAGS:      " << vars["CAMD_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CAMD_LIBS:         " << vars["CAMD_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CARBON_LIBS:       " << vars["CARBON_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS:  " << vars["CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS:   " << vars["CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CCOLAMD_LIBS:      " << vars["CCOLAMD_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS:  " << vars["CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS:   " << vars["CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CHOLMOD_LIBS:      " << vars["CHOLMOD_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "COLAMD_CPPFLAGS:   " << vars["COLAMD_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "COLAMD_LDFLAGS:    " << vars["COLAMD_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "COLAMD_LIBS:       " << vars["COLAMD_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CURL_CPPFLAGS:     " << vars["CURL_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CURL_LDFLAGS:      " << vars["CURL_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CURL_LIBS:         " << vars["CURL_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS: " << vars["CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS:  " << vars["CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "CXSPARSE_LIBS:     " << vars["CXSPARSE_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "DL_LIBS:           " << vars["DL_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW3_CPPFLAGS:    " << vars["FFTW3_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW3_LDFLAGS:     " << vars["FFTW3_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW3_LIBS:        " << vars["FFTW3_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS:   " << vars["FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW3F_LDFLAGS:    " << vars["FFTW3F_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "FFTW3F_LIBS:       " << vars["FFTW3F_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "GRAPHICS_LIBS:     " << vars["GRAPHICS_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "GLPK_CPPFLAGS:     " << vars["GLPK_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "GLPK_LDFLAGS:      " << vars["GLPK_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "GLPK_LIBS:         " << vars["GLPK_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "HDF5_CPPFLAGS:     " << vars["HDF5_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "HDF5_LDFLAGS:      " << vars["HDF5_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "HDF5_LIBS:         " << vars["HDF5_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "OPENGL_LIBS:       " << vars["OPENGL_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "PTHREAD_CFLAGS:    " << vars["PTHREAD_CFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "PTHREAD_LIBS:      " << vars["PTHREAD_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "QHULL_CPPFLAGS:    " << vars["QHULL_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "QHULL_LDFLAGS:     " << vars["QHULL_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "QHULL_LIBS:        " << vars["QHULL_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "QRUPDATE_LIBS:     " << vars["QRUPDATE_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "READLINE_LIBS:     " << vars["READLINE_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "REGEX_LIBS:        " << vars["REGEX_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "TERM_LIBS:         " << vars["TERM_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "UMFPACK_LIBS:      " << vars["UMFPACK_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "X11_INCFLAGS:      " << vars["X11_INCFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "X11_LIBS:          " << vars["X11_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "Z_CPPFLAGS:        " << vars["Z_CPPFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "Z_LDFLAGS:         " << vars["Z_LDFLAGS"] << endl;
-  os << "Z_LIBS:            " << vars["Z_LIBS"] << endl;
-  os << "DEFS:" << endl << vars["DEFS"] << endl;
-  os << endl;
-
-  if (arg_idx < argc)
-    {
-      os << endl;
-      os << "User-preferences (please do not edit this section):" << endl;
-      os << endl;
-
-      ifstream is (argv[arg_idx++]);
-
-      if (! is.fail ())
-	{
-	  string line;
-
-	  while (! is.eof ())
-	    {
-	      getline (is, line);
-	      os << line << endl;
-	    }
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  string msg ("unable to open file for reading: ");
-
-	  msg += argv[arg_idx-1];
-	  warning (msg);
-	}
-    }
-
-  string content = os.str (), msg;
-
-  // Now go for MAPI stuff.
-
-  HMODULE hMapi;
-  LHANDLE session;
-  LPMAPILOGON mapiLogon;
-  LPMAPILOGOFF mapiLogoff;
-  LPMAPISENDMAIL mapiSendMail;
-
-  hMapi = LoadLibrary ("mapi32.dll");
-  if (hMapi != NULL)
-    {
-      mapiLogon = (LPMAPILOGON) GetProcAddress (hMapi, "MAPILogon");
-      mapiLogoff = (LPMAPILOGOFF) GetProcAddress (hMapi, "MAPILogoff");
-      mapiSendMail = (LPMAPISENDMAIL) GetProcAddress (hMapi, "MAPISendMail");
-
-      if (mapiLogon != NULL && mapiLogoff != NULL
-	  && mapiSendMail != NULL)
-	{
-	  ULONG result = 0;
-
-	  if ((result = mapiLogon (0, "", "", MAPI_LOGON_UI, 0, &session)) == SUCCESS_SUCCESS)
-	    {
-	      MapiMessage mmsg;
-	      MapiRecipDesc mrecip[2];
-
-	      ZeroMemory (&mmsg, sizeof (mmsg));
-	      ZeroMemory (&mrecip, sizeof (mrecip));
-
-	      mmsg.lpszSubject = strdup (vars["SUBJECT"].c_str ());
-	      mmsg.lpszNoteText = strdup (content.c_str ());
-	      mmsg.nRecipCount = 1;
-	      mmsg.lpRecips = mrecip;
-
-	      mrecip[0].ulRecipClass = MAPI_TO;
-	      mrecip[0].lpszName = "Octave";
-	      mrecip[0].lpszAddress = strdup (vars["BUGADDR"].c_str ());
-
-	      if (! vars["USER"].empty ())
-		{
-		  mmsg.nRecipCount = 2;
-		  mrecip[1].ulRecipClass = MAPI_CC;
-		  mrecip[1].lpszName = strdup (vars["USER"].c_str ());
-		}
-
-	      if ((result = mapiSendMail (session, 0, &mmsg, MAPI_DIALOG, 0)) != SUCCESS_SUCCESS
-		  && result != MAPI_USER_ABORT)
-		msg = "mail not sent";
-
-	      free (mmsg.lpszSubject);
-	      free (mmsg.lpszNoteText);
-	      free (mrecip[0].lpszAddress);
-	      if (mmsg.nRecipCount > 1)
-		free (mrecip[1].lpszName);
-
-	      mapiLogoff (session, 0, 0, 0);
-	    }
-	  else
-	    msg = "cannot logon to MAPI service";
-
-	  if (! msg.empty ())
-	    {
-	      char buf[64];
-	      _snprintf (buf, 63, "%08x", result);
-	      msg += (" (result: " + string (buf) + ")");
-	    }
-	}
-      else
-	msg = "cannot find entry points in MAPI library";
-
-      FreeLibrary (hMapi);
-    }
-  else
-    msg = "unable to find MAPI service";
-
-  if (! msg.empty ())
-    {
-      warning (msg);
-
-      string tmpfile = _tempnam (NULL, "octave-");
-      ofstream ofs (tmpfile.c_str ());
-
-      if (! ofs.fail ())
-	{
-	  ofs << content;
-	  ofs.close ();
-      
-	  warning ("");
-	  warning ("the mail could not be sent to octave; a text editor should appear");
-	  warning ("with the content of the bug report; please copy it and paste it");
-	  warning ("manually into your mail client and send it to the following");
-	  warning ("address: " + vars["BUGADDR"]);
-
-	  string cmd ("notepad ");
-
-	  cmd += tmpfile;
-	  ::system (cmd.c_str ());
-	  ::unlink (tmpfile.c_str ());
-	}
-      else
-	error ("unable to open file for writing: " + tmpfile);
-    }
-
-  return 0;
-}
diff -r 92bb25c0da9e -r b4ed4fe70c2c octave-bug.in
--- a/octave-bug.in	Wed Sep 22 18:06:21 2010 -0400
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,503 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh -
-#
-# Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,
-#               2005, 2006, 2009 John W. Eaton
-#
-# This file is part of Octave.
-# 
-# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-# Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-# your option) any later version.
-# 
-# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-# for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
-# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-# octave-bug - create a bug report and mail it to the bug-octave
-# mailing list.
-#
-# Patterned after the bashbug script from bash 1.14.
-
-# Configuration:  these variables are filled in when running make to
-# compile Octave.
-
-config_opts=%OCTAVE_CONF_config_opts%
-VERSION=%OCTAVE_CONF_VERSION%
-SED=%OCTAVE_CONF_SED%
-MACHINE=%OCTAVE_CONF_CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE%
-F77=%OCTAVE_CONF_F77%
-FFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFLAGS%
-FPICFLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_FPICFLAG%
-FLIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FLIBS%
-CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CPPFLAGS%
-INCFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_INCFLAGS%
-CC=%OCTAVE_CONF_CC%
-CC_VERSION=%OCTAVE_CONF_CC_VERSION%
-CFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CFLAGS%
-CPICFLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_CPICFLAG%
-CXX=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXX%
-CXX_VERSION=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXX_VERSION%
-CXXFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXXFLAGS%
-CXXPICFLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXXPICFLAG%
-LD_CXX=%OCTAVE_CONF_LD_CXX%
-LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_LDFLAGS%
-LIBFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBFLAGS%
-RLD_FLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_RLD_FLAG%
-LEXLIB=%OCTAVE_CONF_LEXLIB%
-LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBS%
-
-AMD_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_AMD_CPPFLAGS%
-AMD_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_AMD_LDFLAGS%
-AMD_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_AMD_LIBS%
-ARPACK_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_ARPACK_CPPFLAGS%
-ARPACK_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_ARPACK_LDFLAGS%
-ARPACK_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_ARPACK_LIBS%
-BLAS_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_BLAS_LIBS%
-CAMD_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CAMD_CPPFLAGS%
-CAMD_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CAMD_LDFLAGS%
-CAMD_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CAMD_LIBS%
-CARBON_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CARBON_LIBS%
-CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS%
-CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS%
-CCOLAMD_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CCOLAMD_LIBS%
-CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS%
-CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS%
-CHOLMOD_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CHOLMOD_LIBS%
-COLAMD_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_COLAMD_CPPFLAGS%
-COLAMD_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_COLAMD_LDFLAGS%
-COLAMD_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_COLAMD_LIBS%
-CURL_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CURL_CPPFLAGS%
-CURL_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CURL_LDFLAGS%
-CURL_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CURL_LIBS%
-CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS%
-CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS%
-CXSPARSE_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_CXSPARSE_LIBS%
-DL_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_DL_LIBS%
-FFTW3_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3_CPPFLAGS%
-FFTW3_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3_LDFLAGS%
-FFTW3_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3_LIBS%
-FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS%
-FFTW3F_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3F_LDFLAGS%
-FFTW3F_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FFTW3F_LIBS%
-GRAPHICS_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_GRAPHICS_LIBS%
-GLPK_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_GLPK_CPPFLAGS%
-GLPK_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_GLPK_LDFLAGS%
-GLPK_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_GLPK_LIBS%
-HDF5_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_HDF5_CPPFLAGS%
-HDF5_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_HDF5_LDFLAGS%
-HDF5_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_HDF5_LIBS%
-OPENGL_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_OPENGL_LIBS%
-PTHREAD_CFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_PTHREAD_CFLAGS%
-PTHREAD_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_PTHREAD_LIBS%
-QHULL_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_QHULL_CPPFLAGS%
-QHULL_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_QHULL_LDFLAGS%
-QHULL_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_QHULL_LIBS%
-QRUPDATE_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_QRUPDATE_CPPFLAGS%
-QRUPDATE_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_QRUPDATE_LDFLAGS%
-QRUPDATE_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_QRUPDATE_LIBS%
-READLINE_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_READLINE_LIBS%
-REGEX_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_REGEX_LIBS%
-TERM_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_TERM_LIBS%
-UMFPACK_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_UMFPACK_CPPFLAGS%
-UMFPACK_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_UMFPACK_LDFLAGS%
-UMFPACK_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_UMFPACK_LIBS%
-X11_INCFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_X11_INCFLAGS%
-X11_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_X11_LIBS%
-Z_CPPFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_Z_CPPFLAGS%
-Z_LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_Z_LDFLAGS%
-Z_LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_Z_LIBS%
-
-DEFS=%OCTAVE_CONF_DEFS%
-
-: ${USER=$LOGNAME}
-
-CC_AND_VERSION=
-if test -n "$CC_VERSION"; then
-  CC_AND_VERSION="$CC, version $CC_VERSION"
-fi
-
-CXX_AND_VERSION=
-if test -n "$CXX_VERSION"; then
-  CXX_AND_VERSION="$CXX, version $CXX_VERSION"
-fi
-
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
-export PATH
-
-TEMP=/tmp/octave-bug.$$
-
-if [ -z "$DEFEDITOR" ] && [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
-  if [ -x /usr/bin/editor ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=editor
-  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/ce ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=ce
-  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/emacs ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=emacs
-  elif [ -x /usr/contrib/bin/emacs ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=emacs
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/emacs ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=emacs
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/xemacs ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=xemacs
-  elif [ -x /usr/contrib/bin/jove ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=jove
-  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/jove ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=jove
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/vi ]; then
-    DEFEDITOR=vi
-  else
-    echo "octave-bug: No default editor found: attempting to use vi" >&2
-    DEFEDITOR=vi
-  fi
-fi
-
-: ${EDITOR=$DEFEDITOR}
-
-if [ -z "$DEFPAGER" ] && [ -z "$PAGER" ]; then
-  if [ -x /usr/bin/pager ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=pager
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/less ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=less
-  elif [ -x /bin/less ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=less
-  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/less ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=less
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/more ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=more
-  elif [ -x /bin/more ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=more
-  elif [ -x /usr/bin/pg ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=pg
-  elif [ -x /bin/pg ]; then
-    DEFPAGER=pg
-  else
-    echo "octave-bug: No default pager found: attempting to use more" >&2
-    DEFPAGER=more
-  fi
-fi
-
-: ${PAGER=$DEFPAGER}
-
-trap 'rm -f $TEMP $TEMP.x; exit 1' 1 2 3 13 15
-trap 'rm -f $TEMP $TEMP.x' 0
-
-UN=
-if (uname) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  UN=`uname -a`
-fi
-
-HAVE_FMT=false
-if (fmt < /dev/null) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  HAVE_FMT=true
-fi
-
-# Check whether to use -n or \c to keep echo from printing a newline
-# character.  Stolen from autoconf, which borrowed the idea from dist 3.0.
-
-if (echo "testing\c"; echo 1,2,3) | grep c >/dev/null; then
-  # Stardent Vistra SVR4 grep lacks -e, says ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu.
-  if (echo -n testing; echo 1,2,3) | $SED s/-n/xn/ | grep xn >/dev/null; then
-    echo_n=
-    echo_c='
-'
-  else
-    echo_n=-n
-    echo_c=
-  fi
-else
-  echo_n=
-  echo_c='\c'
-fi
-
-ss_p=`echo $VERSION | grep "^ss-"`
-if test -n "$ss_p"; then
-  BUGADDR="maintainers@octave.org"
-else
-  pretest_p=`echo $VERSION \
-    | $SED 's,.*\.\([0-9]*\).*,\1,' \
-    | grep -v '\.' \
-    | grep '[0-9]'`
-
-  if test -n "$pretest_p" && test "$pretest_p" -ge 90; then
-    BUGADDR="maintainers@octave.org"
-  else
-    BUGADDR="bug@octave.org"
-  fi
-fi
-
-SUBJECT="[50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]"
-if test $# -gt 0; then
-  case "$1" in
-    -s)
-      shift
-      if test $# -gt 0; then
-        SUBJECT="$1"
-        shift
-      else
-        echo "usage: octave-bug [-s subject]"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    ;;
-  esac
-fi
-
-cat > $TEMP << EOF
-To: $BUGADDR
-EOF
-if test -n "$USER"; then
-cat >> $TEMP << EOF
-Cc: $USER
-EOF
-fi
-cat >> $TEMP << EOF
-Subject: $SUBJECT
---------
-Bug report for Octave $VERSION configured for $MACHINE
-
-Description:
------------
-
-  * Please replace this item with a detailed description of the
-    problem.  Suggestions or general comments are also welcome.
-
-Repeat-By:
----------
-
-  * Please replace this item with a description of the sequence of
-    events that causes the problem to occur. 
-
-Fix:
----
-
-  * If possible, replace this item with a description of how to
-    fix the problem (if you don't have a fix for the problem, don't
-    include this section, but please do submit your report anyway).
-
-
-
-Configuration (please do not edit this section):
------------------------------------------------
-
-uname output:      $UN
-configure opts:    $config_opts
-SED:               $SED
-Fortran compiler:  $F77
-FFLAGS:            $FFLAGS
-FLIBS:             $FLIBS
-CPPFLAGS:          $CPPFLAGS
-INCFLAGS:          $INCFLAGS
-C compiler:        $CC_AND_VERSION
-CFLAGS:            $CFLAGS
-CPICFLAG:          $CPICFLAG
-C++ compiler:      $CXX_AND_VERSION
-CXXFLAGS:          $CXXFLAGS
-CXXPICFLAG:        $CXXPICFLAG
-LD_CXX:            $LD_CXX
-LDFLAGS:           $LDFLAGS
-LIBFLAGS:          $LIBFLAGS
-RLD_FLAG:          $RLD_FLAG
-LEXLIB:            $LEXLIB
-LIBS:              $LIBS
-AMD_CPPFLAGS:      $AMD_CPPFLAGS
-AMD_LDFLAGS:       $AMD_LDFLAGS
-AMD_LIBS:          $AMD_LIBS
-ARPACK_LIBS:       $ARPACK_LIBS
-BLAS_LIBS:         $BLAS_LIBS
-CAMD_CPPFLAGS:     $CAMD_CPPFLAGS
-CAMD_LDFLAGS:      $CAMD_LDFLAGS
-CAMD_LIBS:         $CAMD_LIBS
-CARBON_LIBS:       $CARBON_LIBS
-CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS:  $CCOLAMD_CPPFLAGS
-CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS:   $CCOLAMD_LDFLAGS
-CCOLAMD_LIBS:      $CCOLAMD_LIBS
-CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS:  $CHOLMOD_CPPFLAGS
-CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS:   $CHOLMOD_LDFLAGS
-CHOLMOD_LIBS:      $CHOLMOD_LIBS
-COLAMD_CPPFLAGS:   $COLAMD_CPPFLAGS
-COLAMD_LDFLAGS:    $COLAMD_LDFLAGS
-COLAMD_LIBS:       $COLAMD_LIBS
-CURL_CPPFLAGS:     $CURL_CPPFLAGS
-CURL_LDFLAGS:      $CURL_LDFLAGS
-CURL_LIBS:         $CURL_LIBS
-CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS: $CXSPARSE_CPPFLAGS
-CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS:  $CXSPARSE_LDFLAGS
-CXSPARSE_LIBS:     $CXSPARSE_LIBS
-DL_LIBS:           $DL_LIBS
-FFTW3_CPPFLAGS:    $FFTW3_CPPFLAGS
-FFTW3_LDFLAGS:     $FFTW3_LDFLAGS
-FFTW3_LIBS:        $FFTW3_LIBS
-FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS:   $FFTW3F_CPPFLAGS
-FFTW3F_LDFLAGS:    $FFTW3F_LDFLAGS
-FFTW3F_LIBS:       $FFTW3F_LIBS
-GRAPHICS_LIBS:     $GRAPHICS_LIBS
-GLPK_CPPFLAGS:     $GLPK_CPPFLAGS
-GLPK_LDFLAGS:      $GLPK_LDFLAGS
-GLPK_LIBS:         $GLPK_LIBS
-HDF5_CPPFLAGS:     $HDF5_CPPFLAGS
-HDF5_LDFLAGS:      $HDF5_LDFLAGS
-HDF5_LIBS:         $HDF5_LIBS
-OPENGL_LIBS:       $OPENGL_LIBS
-PTHREAD_CFLAGS:    $PTHREAD_CFLAGS
-PTHREAD_LIBS:      $PTHREAD_LIBS
-QHULL_CPPFLAGS:    $QHULL_CPPFLAGS
-QHULL_LDFLAGS:     $QHULL_LDFLAGS
-QHULL_LIBS:        $QHULL_LIBS
-QRUPDATE_LIBS:     $QRUPDATE_LIBS
-READLINE_LIBS:     $READLINE_LIBS
-REGEX_LIBS:        $REGEX_LIBS
-TERM_LIBS:         $TERM_LIBS
-UMFPACK_LIBS:      $UMFPACK_LIBS
-X11_INCFLAGS:      $X11_INCFLAGS
-X11_LIBS:          $X11_LIBS
-Z_CPPFLAGS:        $Z_CPPFLAGS
-Z_LDFLAGS:         $Z_LDFLAGS
-Z_LIBS:            $Z_LIBS
-DEFS:
-
-EOF
-
-if $HAVE_FMT; then
-  echo $DEFS | fmt | $SED 's/^/  /' >> $TEMP
-else
-  echo $DEFS >> $TEMP
-fi
-
-if test $# -gt 0; then
-  if test -f "$1"; then
-    cat >> $TEMP << EOF
-
-User-preferences (please do not edit this section):
---------------------------------------------------
-
-EOF
-    cat $1 >> $TEMP
-  fi
-fi
-
-chmod u+w $TEMP
-cp $TEMP $TEMP.x
-
-status=0
-
-editing=true
-
-while $editing; do
-  if $EDITOR $TEMP; then
-    while $editing; do
-      echo $echo_n "(a)bort, (e)dit, (l)ist, (s)end? $echo_c"
-      read ans
-      case "$ans" in
-        a* | A*)
-          status=1
-          editing=false
-        ;;
-        e* | E*)
-          break;
-        ;;
-        l* | L*)
-          $PAGER $TEMP
-        ;;
-        s* | S*)
-          editing=false
-        ;;
-      esac
-    done
-  else
-    echo "problems with edit -- no bug report submitted"
-    status=1
-    editing=false
-  fi
-done
-
-if test $status -eq 0; then
-  if cmp -s $TEMP $TEMP.x; then
-    echo "file not changed -- no bug report submitted"
-    status=1
-  elif test `wc $TEMP | awk '{print $1}'` -eq 0; then
-    echo "empty bug report file -- not submitted"
-    status=1
-  else
-
-# Try to extract the recipient address, in case the To: line in the
-# message template has been changed.  Also get cc: lines.
-
-    TO_ADDR=`$SED -e '/^--------[ \t]*$/q' $TEMP | $SED -n -e 's/^[Tt][Oo]://p'`
-    CC_ADDR=`$SED -e '/^--------[ \t]*$/q' $TEMP | $SED -n -e 's/^[Cc][Cc]://p'`
-
-    if test -z "$TO_ADDR"; then
-      echo "no valid \`To:' field found in header -- using $BUGADDR instead"
-    else
-      BUGADDR="$TO_ADDR"      
-    fi
-
-    BUGADDR="$BUGADDR $CC_ADDR"
-
-    TMP_SUB=`$SED -e '/^--------[ \t]*$/q' $TEMP | $SED -n -e 's/^Subject://p'`
-
-    if test -n "$TMP_SUB"; then
-      SUBJECT="$TMP_SUB"
-    fi
-
-# Delete the `--------' separator in the message.
-
-# Don't pretty-print this.  Odd whitespace kills Ultrix AWK!
-
-    awk 'BEGIN{in_header=1;} /^--------[ \t]*$/ {
-      if (in_header) { in_header=0; print ""; next; }
-    } { print $0; }' $TEMP > $TEMP.x
-
-# Now try to mail it.
-
-    # indicate that we have not yet sent email successfully
-    status=11
-
-    if test $status -ne 0; then
-      ( mailx -s "$SUBJECT" $BUGADDR < $TEMP.x ) > /dev/null 2>&1
-      status=$?
-      if test $status -ne 0; then
-        ( Mail -s "$SUBJECT" $BUGADDR < $TEMP.x ) > /dev/null 2>&1
-        status=$?
-        if test $status -ne 0; then
-          ( /usr/ucb/mail -s "$SUBJECT" $BUGADDR < $TEMP.x ) > /dev/null 2>&1
-          status=$?
-          # make /bin/mail our last resort -- it ignores the subject line
-          if test $status -ne 0; then
-            ( /bin/mail $BUGADDR < $TEMP.x ) > /dev/null 2>&1
-            status=$?
-            if test $status -ne 0; then
-              echo "unable to send mail..."
-            fi
-          fi
-        fi
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-if test $status -ne 0; then
-  dead_bug_file=$HOME/dead-octave-bug
-  looking_for_file=true;
-  n=1
-  while $looking_for_file; do
-    if test -f "$dead_bug_file-$n"; then
-      n=`expr $n + 1`
-    else
-      looking_for_file=false
-      dead_bug_file=$dead_bug_file-$n
-    fi
-  done
-  echo "saving message in $dead_bug_file";
-  cat $TEMP >> $dead_bug_file;
-  exit 1
-else
-  echo "bug report sent to: $TO_ADDR"
-  echo "             cc to: $CC_ADDR"
-fi
-
-exit $status
diff -r 92bb25c0da9e -r b4ed4fe70c2c scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Wed Sep 22 18:06:21 2010 -0400
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Thu Sep 23 03:15:33 2010 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-23  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* miscellaneous/bug_report.m: Display information about how to
+	submit bug reports instead of creating and mailing a bug report.
+
 2010-09-22  Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>
 
 	* plot/private/__ghostscript__.m, plot/print.m: When appending, delete
diff -r 92bb25c0da9e -r b4ed4fe70c2c scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m	Wed Sep 22 18:06:21 2010 -0400
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m	Thu Sep 23 03:15:33 2010 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005,
-##               2007, 2008 John W. Eaton
+##               2007, 2008, 2010 John W. Eaton
 ##
 ## This file is part of Octave.
 ##
@@ -19,55 +19,28 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} bug_report ()
-## Have Octave create a bug report template file, invoke your favorite
-## editor, and submit the report to the bug-octave mailing list when
-## you are finished editing.
+## Display information about how to submit bug reports for Octave.
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: jwe
 
 function bug_report ()
 
-  if (nargin != 0)
-    warning ("bug_report: ignoring extra arguments");
-  endif
-
-  printf ("Please enter a one-line description of your bug report.\n\n");
-  fflush (stdout);
-
-  subject = "";
-  subject = input ("Subject: ", "s");
-
-  unwind_protect
-
-    prefs = tmpnam ();
-
-    if (! isempty (prefs))
-      fid = fopen (prefs, "wt");
-      if (fid > 0)
-        dump_prefs (fid);
-        fclose (fid);
-      endif
-    endif
-
-    cmd = cstrcat ("octave-bug-", OCTAVE_VERSION);
-
-    if (length (subject) > 0)
-      cmd = sprintf ("%s -s \"%s\"", cmd, subject);
-    endif
-
-    if (! isempty (prefs))
-      cmd = sprintf ("%s \"%s\"", cmd, prefs);
-    endif
-
-    system (cmd);
-
-  unwind_protect_cleanup
-
-    if (! isempty (prefs))
-      unlink (prefs);
-    endif
-
-  end_unwind_protect
+  puts ("\n");
+  puts ("  Bug reports play an essential role in making Octave\n");
+  puts ("  reliable.  Please use the Octave bug tracker at\n");
+  puts ("\n");
+  puts ("    http://bugs.octave.org\n");
+  puts ("\n");
+  puts ("  to report problems.\n");
+  puts ("\n");
+  puts ("  Please also read the bug reporting guidelines at\n");
+  puts ("\n");
+  puts ("    http://www.octave.org/bugs.html\n");
+  puts ("\n");
+  puts ("  to learn how to submit useful bug reports that will\n");
+  puts ("  help the Octave community diagnose and fix the problem\n");
+  puts ("  quickly and efficiently.\n");
+  puts ("\n");
 
 endfunction