@node Bug Lists
@section Where to Report Bugs
@cindex bug report mailing lists
-@kindex egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
-Send bug reports for GNU C to @samp{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+@kindex gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org
+Send bug reports for the GNU Compiler Collection to
+@samp{gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org}.
-@kindex egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
-@kindex egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com
-Send bug reports for GNU C++ and the C++ runtime libraries to
-@samp{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+Please read @samp{<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#bugreport>} for
+bug reporting instructions before you post a bug report.
Often people think of posting bug reports to the newsgroup instead of
mailing them. This appears to work, but it has one problem which can be
@section How to Report Bugs
@cindex compiler bugs, reporting
+You may find additional and/or more up-to-date instructions at
+@samp{<URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#bugreport>}.
+
The fundamental principle of reporting bugs usefully is this:
@strong{report all the facts}. If you are not sure whether to state a
fact or leave it out, state it!
us to track which bugs have been fixed and to forward your bugs reports
to the appropriate maintainer.
-If you include source code in your message, you can send it as clear
-text if it is small. If the message is larger, you may compress it using
-@file{gzip}, @file{bzip2}, or @file{pkzip}. Please be aware that sending
-compressed files needs an additional binary-safe mechanism such as
-@code{MIME} or @code{uuencode}. There is a 100k message limit on the
-@samp{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com} mailing list at the time of this
-writing (March 1999). We're trying to create some mechanism for larger
-bug reports to be submitted; please check the on-line FAQ for more
-up-to-date instructions. Don't think that just posting a URL to the
-code is better, we do want to archive bug reports, and not all
-maintainers have good network connectivity to download large pieces of
-software when they need them; it's much easier for them to have them in
-their mailboxes.
-
To enable someone to investigate the bug, you should include all these
things:
@section Sending Patches for GNU CC
If you would like to write bug fixes or improvements for the GNU C
-compiler, that is very helpful. Send suggested fixes to the bug report
-mailing list, @code{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+compiler, that is very helpful. Send suggested fixes to the patches
+mailing list, @code{gcc-patches@@gcc.gnu.org}.
Please follow these guidelines so we can study your patches efficiently.
If you don't follow these guidelines, your information might still be
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@item
Send a message to a suitable network mailing list. First try
-@code{egcs-bugs@@egcs.cygnus.com}, and if that brings no response, try
-@code{egcs@@egcs.cygnus.com}.
+@code{gcc-bugs@@gcc.gnu.org}, and if that brings no response, try
+@code{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org}.
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Look in the service directory for someone who might help you for a fee.