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| author | John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus> | 1991-12-13 17:48:06 +0000 |
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| committer | John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus> | 1991-12-13 17:48:06 +0000 |
| commit | ddf21240ab27ad659db0377ae5e614f098d001c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f71f6e4decf632bdca618cd8b772215731b9ab5 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 8f861f082dba9f5505595be9474a4e812ad302f5 (diff) | |
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Improve how we ask for bug reports.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index d13f2c0..4bbfcb5 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com) + + * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports. + Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com) * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index f6a1702..f936a27 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -6922,24 +6922,29 @@ Without this, we won't know whether there is any point in looking for the bug in the current version of _GDBN__. @item -A complete input script, and all necessary source files, that will -reproduce the bug. +The type of machine you are using, and the operating system name and +version number. @item What compiler (and its version) was used to compile _GDBN__---e.g. ``_GCC__-1.37.1''. @item +What compiler (and its version) was used to compile the program you +are debugging---e.g. ``_GCC__-1.37.1''. + +@item The command arguments you gave the compiler to compile your example and observe the bug. For example, did you use @samp{-O}? To guarantee -you won't omit something important, list them all. +you won't omit something important, list them all. A copy of the +Makefile (or the output from make) is sufficient. If we were to try to guess the arguments, we would probably guess wrong and then we might not encounter the bug. @item -The type of machine you are using, and the operating system name and -version number. +A complete input script, and all necessary source files, that will +reproduce the bug. @item A description of what behavior you observe that you believe is |