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Make sure you include an e-mail address, so we can inform -you when the status of your report changes.</p> - -<p>Another way is to use the <code>gccbug</code> program that is -automatically installed with current versions of GCC, which submits the bug -report by e-mail.</p> - -<p>Both techniques use the same GNATS bug database.</p> - -<h2>Filling out a report</h2> - -<p>The bug report form provides a number of fields; you'll need to -fill-out most of those (as indicated below) to provide a complete -report. The fields have the following purpose:</p> - -<dl> -<dt><strong>Originator</strong></dt> -<dd>Your name.</dd> - -<dt><strong>Organization</strong></dt> -<dd>Your organization. You can leave this field blank.</dd> - -<dt><strong>Confidential</strong></dt> -<dd>This field is unused and set to 'no'. All bug reports, including -sample code, are publicly accessible.</dd> - -<dt><strong>Synopsis</strong></dt> -<dd>A one-line description of the problem; something like "GCC 2.95 -does not foo", "objc crashes when doing bar".</dd> - -<dt><strong>Severity</strong></dt> -<dd>Can be one of - <dl> - <dt>critical</dt> - <dd>GCC is completely not operational; no work-around known.</dd> - <dt>serious</dt> - <dd>GCC is not working properly; a work-around is possible.</dd> - <dt>non-critical</dt> - <dd>Report indicates minor problem.</dd> - </dl> -</dd> - -<dt><strong>Priority</strong></dt> -<dd>Can be one of - <dl> - <dt>high</dt> - <dd>A solution is necessary as soon as possible. <em>This is reserved to - GCC maintainers.</em></dd> - <dt>medium</dt> - <dd>The problem should be solved in the next release.</dd> - <dt>low</dt> - <dd>The problem should be solved in a future release.</dd> - </dl> -</dd> - -<dt><strong>Category</strong></dt> -<dd>This indicates the GCC subproject which is affected by the problem. - Currently, it can be one of - <dl> - <dt>ada</dt> - <dd>A problem with the Ada compiler, libraries or tools.</dd> - <dt>bootstrap</dt> - <dd>GCC fails to bootstrap. This should be filed <em>only</em> if a - bootstrap failure prevails for an extended period of time (at least - one week) on any platform (and possibly not-so-common conditions like - a read-only srcdir), or non-mainstream platforms.</dd> - <dt>c++</dt> - <dd>A problem with the C++ compiler.</dd> - <dt>c</dt> - <dd>A problem with the C compiler.</dd> - <dt>debug</dt> - <dd>A problem with generating debugging information.</dd> - <dt>fortran</dt> - <dd>A problem with the Fortran compiler.</dd> - <dt>java</dt> - <dd>A problem with the Java compiler.</dd> - <dt>libf2c</dt> - <dd>A problem in the Fortran runtime library.</dd> - <dt>libgcj</dt> - <dd>A problem in the Java runtime library.</dd> - <dt>libobjc</dt> - <dd>A problem in the Objective C runtime library.</dd> - <dt>libstdc++</dt> - <dd>A problem in the Standard C++ runtime library.</dd> - <dt>middle-end</dt> - <dd>A problem in the internal compiler passes.</dd> - <dt>objc</dt> - <dd>A problem with the Objective C compiler.</dd> - <dt>optimization</dt> - <dd>A problem only occurring under optimization.</dd> - <dt>preprocessor</dt> - <dd>A problem with the C preprocessor.</dd> - <dt>target</dt> - <dd>The problem depends on the specific target architecture.</dd> - <dt>web</dt> - <dd>There is an error or omission on the Web pages.</dd> - <dt>other</dt> - <dd>The problem is in none of these categories.</dd> - </dl> -</dd> - -<dt><strong>Class</strong></dt> -<dd>A classification of the problem; one of - <dl> - <dt>doc-bug</dt> - <dd>The documentation is incorrect.</dd> - <dt>accepts-illegal</dt> - <dd>GCC fails to reject erroneous code.</dd> - <dt>rejects-legal</dt> - <dd>GCC gives an error message for correct code.</dd> - <dt>wrong-code</dt> - <dd>The machine code generated by GCC is incorrect.</dd> - <dt>ice-on-legal-code</dt> - <dd>GCC gives an Internal Compiler Error (ICE) for correct code.</dd> - <dt>ice-on-illegal-code</dt> - <dd>GCC gives an ICE instead of reporting an error.</dd> - <dt>pessimizes-code</dt> - <dd>GCC misses an important optimization opportunity.</dd> - <dt>sw-bug</dt> - <dd>Software bug of some other class than above.</dd> - <dt>change-request</dt> - <dd>A feature in GCC is missing.</dd> - <dt>support</dt> - <dd>I need help with GCC.</dd> - </dl> -</dd> - -<dt><strong>Release</strong></dt> - <dd>GCC version, as obtained from 'gcc -v' (one line).</dd> - -<dt><strong>Environment</strong></dt> -<dd>Information about your operating system version, hardware architecture, - and environment settings that affect GCC.</dd> - -<dt><strong>Description</strong></dt> -<dd>Precise description of the problem. You should put the error messages - printed by GCC here; source code should go into the next section.</dd> - -<dt><strong>How-To-Repeat</strong></dt> - -<dd>Please put the complete source code to reproduce the problem here. - The gccbug script currently does not support file - attachments. Instead, if you have multiple files, include them - uuencoded (compressing them before if they are large). If you use - gnatsweb, you can use the file attachments button instead.</dd> - -<dt><strong>Fix</strong></dt> -<dd>How to correct or work around the problem, if known (multiple lines).</dd> - -</dl> - -</body> -</html> |