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[wwwdocs] bugs.html: add references to new pages in bugs/
- From: Janis Johnson <janis187 at us dot ibm dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:11:51 -0800
- Subject: [wwwdocs] bugs.html: add references to new pages in bugs/
This patch adds references to recent web pages to the "Managing Bugs"
section of bugs.html. Does this look reasonable?
I moved reghunt-howto.html to bugs/rehunt.html after discussing it
privately with Gerald.
Janis
Index: bugs.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/bugs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.64
diff -u -p -r1.64 bugs.html
--- bugs.html 4 Jan 2003 18:30:29 -0000 1.64
+++ bugs.html 14 Feb 2003 21:04:06 -0000
@@ -289,6 +289,19 @@ the bug is a regression.</li>
<li>Add a bug report referencing the test-case to GNATS.</li>
</ol>
+<p>If you want to provide additional information in GNATS about a
+reported bug:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>If the bug is a segmentation fault in the compiler,
+<a href="bugs/segfault.html">get information</a> about its location.</li>
+<li>Minimize the test case; see the <a href="bugs/minimize.html">
+instructions</a> for advice.</li>
+<li>Try the test case with earlier and later versions of GCC to
+determine which versions it affects and whether it is a regression.
+If it is a regression, <a href="bugs/reghunt.html">identify the
+patch</a> that introduced it.</li>
+</ol>
+
<p>If you fix a bug for which there is already a GNATS entry:</p>
<ol>
<li>Remove the XFAIL on the test-case.</li>