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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-06-20 10:49:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-06-20 10:49:08 +0000 |
| commit | ac41be63eece3f125db148bc1bc4d539272c152d (patch) | |
| tree | 87fb65562373876e8d4c0983c31f604dd95ee2b6 | |
| parent | e75e59fd7f411484b8c066350498cbd3093b2a56 (diff) | |
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Update how to find etc/DEBUG.
Clarify what to do instead of finding more examples of a bug.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/trouble.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/trouble.texi b/man/trouble.texi index ee65d7315fe..514fa9f1a20 100644 --- a/man/trouble.texi +++ b/man/trouble.texi | |||
| @@ -819,11 +819,8 @@ That file also includes instructions for investigating problems | |||
| 819 | whereby Emacs stops responding (many people assume that Emacs is | 819 | whereby Emacs stops responding (many people assume that Emacs is |
| 820 | ``hung,'' whereas in fact it might be in an infinite loop). | 820 | ``hung,'' whereas in fact it might be in an infinite loop). |
| 821 | 821 | ||
| 822 | In an installed Emacs, the file @file{etc/DEBUG} is in the same | 822 | To find the file @file{etc/DEBUG} in your Emacs installation, use the |
| 823 | directory where the Emacs on-line documentation file @file{DOC}, | 823 | directory name stored in the variable @code{data-directory}. |
| 824 | typically in the @file{/usr/local/share/emacs/@var{version}/etc/} | ||
| 825 | directory. The directory for your installation is stored in the | ||
| 826 | variable @code{data-directory}. | ||
| 827 | @end itemize | 824 | @end itemize |
| 828 | 825 | ||
| 829 | Here are some things that are not necessary in a bug report: | 826 | Here are some things that are not necessary in a bug report: |
| @@ -838,9 +835,11 @@ which changes to the input file will make the bug go away and which | |||
| 838 | changes will not affect it. | 835 | changes will not affect it. |
| 839 | 836 | ||
| 840 | This is often time-consuming and not very useful, because the way we | 837 | This is often time-consuming and not very useful, because the way we |
| 841 | will find the bug is by running a single example under the debugger with | 838 | will find the bug is by running a single example under the debugger |
| 842 | breakpoints, not by pure deduction from a series of examples. You might | 839 | with breakpoints, not by pure deduction from a series of examples. |
| 843 | as well save time by not searching for additional examples. | 840 | You might as well save time by not searching for additional examples. |
| 841 | It is better to send the bug report right away, go back to editing, | ||
| 842 | and find another bug to report. | ||
| 844 | 843 | ||
| 845 | Of course, if you can find a simpler example to report @emph{instead} of | 844 | Of course, if you can find a simpler example to report @emph{instead} of |
| 846 | the original one, that is a convenience. Errors in the output will be | 845 | the original one, that is a convenience. Errors in the output will be |