Re: Simpler Bug Reporting

[Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter dot nilsson at axis dot com>]

> From: junghelh@pe-nelson.com
> Newsgroups: axis.lists.gnu.egcs
> Subject: Simpler Bug Reporting
> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 98 17:21:59 -0800
> 
>      How about adding some text to the ICE message?  Something like:
>      "See http://egcs.cygnus.com/faq.html#bugreport for details," or a 

I was going to ask this again myself anyday, but as it came up
now, let's start a refresh cycle.
 The original patch contained the "bugreport" FAQ entry and a
few patches to get this effect; see
<URL:http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs-patches/1998-Aug/0260.html>.

As you see the "faq.html#bugreport" item was installed after
minor tweaks, but there was nothing done for the main part; the
"ICE" message.  The reason was it was considered bad to
introduce *more* multiple error/warning calls for the same
error/warning message.  I tried to remedy that (really unrelated
problem IMHO) through follow-up-patches in
<URL:http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs-patches/1998-Sep/0293.html>
and
<URL:http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs-patches/1998-Sep/0301.html>
but I'm afraid they were lost or put on hold awaiting a
copyright submission from me.  (Which by the way is in the
[snail] mail if is hasn't arrived at the FSF yet, honestly.)

>      summary of the stuff on the web page.  One could get a little fancier 
>      and create a dump file with the compiler version, host type, and 
>      command line.  Or perhaps the compiler could spit out a copy of the 
>      exact command line the user should use to get the intermeditate files 
>      (including the flags that were in effect).

I like this idea.  I'm sure you'll get quite a few cheers if you
send in patches for improvements.  I'd do it, but it was your
idea, and my ego needs an ACK for the other patches ;-) or
maybe I'm waiting for the copyright assignment ACK before doing
further work.

brgds, H-P