From: Fred Fish Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 18:10:14 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=225501b7d8b4242da5e6b8c67ccaa41dac2433e5;p=binutils-gdb.git * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs should be reported. --- diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 57a368d9f63..d22891df0ff 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com) + + * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs + should be reported. + Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com) * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes. diff --git a/gdb/doc/snapshots.readme b/gdb/doc/snapshots.readme index 49dca83698c..17c74ad5f3d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/snapshots.readme +++ b/gdb/doc/snapshots.readme @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GDB SNAPSHOT SYSTEM (general info) - Updated 5/7/93 + Updated 5/24/93 WHAT ARE GDB SNAPSHOTS ---------------------- @@ -149,6 +149,24 @@ gnu.gdb.bug). Nobody there will have any idea what you are talking about and it will just cause confusion. +BUG REPORTS +----------- + +Send bug reports to gdb-patches@cygnus.com. + +Note that since no testing is done on the snapshots, and snapshots may even +be made when gdb is in an inconsistent state, it may not be unusual for an +occasional snapshot to have a very obvious bug, such as failure to compile +on *any* machine. It is likely that such bugs will be fixed by the next +snapshot, so it really isn't necessary to report them unless they persist +for a couple days. + +Bugs which are non-obvious, such as failure to compile on only a specific +machine, a new machine dependent bug (particularly one not detected by the +testsuite), missing machine dependent files, etc should be reported when +you discover them, or have a suggested patch to fix them. + + FORMAT FOR PATCHES ------------------