Installing send-pr by itself

Install send-pr by following these steps (you may need root access in order to change the `aliases' file and to install send-pr):

• Unpack the distribution into a directory which we refer to as srcdir.
• Edit the file `Makefile' to reflect local conventions. Specifically, you should edit the variable `prefix' to alter the installation location. The default is `/usr/local'. All files are installed under `prefix' (see below).
• Run

  make all install [ info ] [ install-info ] [ clean ]
  

  The targets mean the following:

  all

  Builds send-pr and install-sid

  install

  Installs the following:

  install-sid

  send-pr

  into `prefix/bin'

  send-pr.1

  into `prefix/man/man1'

  site

  the list of valid categories for the Support Site from which you received send-pr, installed as `prefix/lib/prms/site'

  send-pr.el

  into `prefix/lib/emacs/lisp'(2)

  info (optional)

  Builds `send-pr.info' from `send-pr.texi'
  (`send-pr.info' is included with this distribution)

  install-info (optional)

  Installs `send-pr.info' into `prefix/info'

  clean (optional)

  Removes all intermediary build files that can be rebuilt from source code

• Run

  install-sid your-sid
  

  where your-sid is the identification code you received with send-pr. send-pr automatically inserts this value into the template field `>Submitter-Id:'. If you've downloaded send-pr from the Net, use `net' for this value.
• Place the following line in `prefix/lib/emacs/lisp/default.el', or instruct your users to place the following line in their `.emacs' files:

  (autoload 'send-pr "send-pr" "Submit a Problem Report." t)
  

• Create a mail alias for the Support Site from which you received send-pr, and for every site with which you wish to use send-pr to communicate. Each alias must have a suffix of `-prms'. The Support Site(s) will provide the correct addresses where these aliases should point. For instance, edit your mail aliases file to contain something like:

  # support sites; for use with send-pr
  cygnus-prms:     bugs@cygnus.com            # Cygnus Support
  bumblebee-prms:  bumblebugs@bumblebee.com   # Bumblebee Inc.
  mycompany-prms:  bugs@my.company.com (if you use PRMS locally)
  

  send-pr automatically searches for these aliases when you type

  send-pr cygnus
  send-pr bumblebee
  send-pr site...
  

  send-pr also uses site to determine the categories of problems accepted by the site in question by looking in

  prefix/lib/prms/site