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Bug reports that include proposed fixes are especially welcome. If you
do include fixes, please send them using either context diffs or unified
-diffs (using @samp{diff -c} or @samp{diff -u}, respectively).
+diffs (using @samp{diff -c} or @samp{diff -u}, respectively). Please be
+careful when using ``cut and paste'' or other such means to copy a patch
+into a bug report; depending on the system being used, that can result
+in converting TAB characters into spaces, which makes applying the
+patches more difficult.
The @code{krb5-send-pr} program is installed in the directory
@code{@value{ROOTDIR}/sbin}.