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Re: Uploading bug reports
- To: robertl at dgii dot com (Robert Lipe)
- Subject: Re: Uploading bug reports
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 98 9:49:15 PDT
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
> I've been roaming through the egcs-bugs archives. Many of these reports
> are rubbish that start out with "egcs told me to mail this address with
> a full report, so here I am".
>
> Unfortunately, many these include things like the single line that made
> egcs bomb, no host or target information, no compilation options, and so
> on. Since the specific message that is emitted by the compiler doesn't
> tell them what constitutes a good bug report or how to find more info,
> most don't seem to bother.
How about changing the "internal compiler message" to include a URL
where people can read up on what we need before they send the report?