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Article #53107Please provide detailed information in your bug reports.
From: Richard Stallman
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1992 18:01
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1992 18:01
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It is very frustrating for me when people send complaints about GCC and give only sketchy information about what they have seen. Often people do this because they don't think of what they are doing as sending a bug report. They think they are asking someone else to tell them what they are doing wrong. However, any time GCC fails to install straightforwardly on a system where it is supposed to work, that has a good chance of being due to a GCC bug. So, whenever you send a message describing such a case, always give all the details that might help someone fix the bug. For example, if you find a symbol that has conflicting declarations, find the declarations that conflict, and send both of them in your message, as well as stating which files they are found in. If you manage to get past one problem only to encounter another, send full information about both problems. Just because you found the cause of the first problem on your own is no reason to make me duplicate the effort you have already made. I can hardly keep up with GCC maintenance in any case; I can't do it unless you do your best to make it easy. If the problem turns out not to be a GCC bug, then sending the full details can only help your chances that someone will send you a helpful response.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11318c,28e33c8a421cdec,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11318c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-03-07 07:15:00 PST Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!gnu.ai.mit.edu!rms From: rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) Subject: Please provide detailed information in your bug reports. Message-ID: <9203070401.AA15386@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Distribution: gnu Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1992 18:01:12 GMT Lines: 26