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authorAlexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>1999-07-18 03:48:02 +0000
committerJeff Law <law@gcc.gnu.org>1999-07-17 21:48:02 -0600
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gcc.texi: Update e-mail addresses and URLs to gcc.gnu.org.
* gcc.texi: Update e-mail addresses and URLs to gcc.gnu.org. Removed paragraph about compression of files and size limitation, duplicated in the FAQ. Use gcc-patches for posting patches. * gcc.c (main): Updated URL with bug reporting instructions to gcc.gnu.org. Removed e-mail address. * system.h (abort): Likewise. From-SVN: r28151
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc')
-rw-r--r--gcc/ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--gcc/gcc.c8
-rw-r--r--gcc/gcc.texi36
-rw-r--r--gcc/system.h4
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 91c2c89..abaeb42 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+1999-07-17 Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
+
+ * gcc.texi: Update e-mail addresses and URLs to gcc.gnu.org.
+ Removed paragraph about compression of files and size limitation,
+ duplicated in the FAQ. Use gcc-patches for posting patches.
+ * gcc.c (main): Updated URL with bug reporting instructions to
+ gcc.gnu.org. Removed e-mail address.
+ * system.h (abort): Likewise.
+
1999-07-17 Kaveh R. Ghazi <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
* Makefile.in (stmp-multilib-sub): Make the files extracted
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index b4a8d3d..287641a 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -4962,8 +4962,8 @@ main (argc, argv)
if (! verbose_flag)
{
- printf ("\nReport bugs to egcs-bugs@egcs.cygnus.com.\n");
- printf ("Please see the file BUGS (included with the sources) first.\n");
+ printf ("\nFor bug reporting instructions, please see:\n");
+ printf ("<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#bugreport>.\n");
exit (0);
}
@@ -5155,8 +5155,8 @@ main (argc, argv)
if (print_help_list)
{
- printf ("\nReport bugs to egcs-bugs@egcs.cygnus.com.\n");
- printf ("Please see the file BUGS (included with the sources) first.\n");
+ printf ("\nFor bug reporting instructions, please see:\n");
+ printf ("<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#bugreport>\n");
}
exit (error_count > 0 ? (signal_count ? 2 : 1) : 0);
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.texi b/gcc/gcc.texi
index af10812..1c6a25e 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.texi
+++ b/gcc/gcc.texi
@@ -2252,13 +2252,12 @@ for improvement of GNU CC or GNU C++ are welcome in any case.
@node Bug Lists
@section Where to Report Bugs
@cindex bug report mailing lists
-@kindex egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
-Send bug reports for GNU C to @samp{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+@kindex gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org
+Send bug reports for the GNU Compiler Collection to
+@samp{gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org}.
-@kindex egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
-@kindex egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
-Send bug reports for GNU C++ and the C++ runtime libraries to
-@samp{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+Please read @samp{<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#bugreport>} for
+bug reporting instructions before you post a bug report.
Often people think of posting bug reports to the newsgroup instead of
mailing them. This appears to work, but it has one problem which can be
@@ -2280,6 +2279,9 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
@section How to Report Bugs
@cindex compiler bugs, reporting
+You may find additional and/or more up-to-date instructions at
+@samp{<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#bugreport>}.
+
The fundamental principle of reporting bugs usefully is this:
@strong{report all the facts}. If you are not sure whether to state a
fact or leave it out, state it!
@@ -2312,20 +2314,6 @@ Please report each bug in a separate message. This makes it easier for
us to track which bugs have been fixed and to forward your bugs reports
to the appropriate maintainer.
-If you include source code in your message, you can send it as clear
-text if it is small. If the message is larger, you may compress it using
-@file{gzip}, @file{bzip2}, or @file{pkzip}. Please be aware that sending
-compressed files needs an additional binary-safe mechanism such as
-@code{MIME} or @code{uuencode}. There is a 100k message limit on the
-@samp{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com} mailing list at the time of this
-writing (March 1999). We're trying to create some mechanism for larger
-bug reports to be submitted; please check the on-line FAQ for more
-up-to-date instructions. Don't think that just posting a URL to the
-code is better, we do want to archive bug reports, and not all
-maintainers have good network connectivity to download large pieces of
-software when they need them; it's much easier for them to have them in
-their mailboxes.
-
To enable someone to investigate the bug, you should include all these
things:
@@ -2551,8 +2539,8 @@ we should be able to reproduce the crash ourselves.
@section Sending Patches for GNU CC
If you would like to write bug fixes or improvements for the GNU C
-compiler, that is very helpful. Send suggested fixes to the bug report
-mailing list, @code{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+compiler, that is very helpful. Send suggested fixes to the patches
+mailing list, @code{gcc-patches@@gcc.gnu.org}.
Please follow these guidelines so we can study your patches efficiently.
If you don't follow these guidelines, your information might still be
@@ -2672,8 +2660,8 @@ ways to find it:
@itemize @bullet
@item
Send a message to a suitable network mailing list. First try
-@code{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}, and if that brings no response, try
-@code{egcs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+@code{gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org}, and if that brings no response, try
+@code{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org}.
@item
Look in the service directory for someone who might help you for a fee.
diff --git a/gcc/system.h b/gcc/system.h
index 5d1adcd..93ba4c3 100644
--- a/gcc/system.h
+++ b/gcc/system.h
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ extern void fatal PVPROTO((const char *, ...)) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_1 ATTRIBUTE_NORE
trim_filename (__FILE__), __LINE__)
#else
#define abort() fatal ("Internal compiler error in `%s', at %s:%d\n" \
- "Please submit a full bug report to `egcs-bugs@egcs.cygnus.com'.\n" \
- "See <URL:http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport> for details.", \
+ "Please submit a full bug report.\n" \
+ "See <URL:http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport> for instructions.", \
__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, trim_filename (__FILE__), __LINE__)
#endif /* recent gcc */