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author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 1999-11-04 19:14:53 +0000 |
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committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 1999-11-04 19:14:53 +0000 |
commit | 1ffac9e682afc0fb0f4a61fb70a2353b58da6861 (patch) | |
tree | 9586a77644328cd7c71d0074429f69575f5c7312 /README | |
parent | 1f77aab33f841d81d9d7ab81ff67c2e8cea5cc28 (diff) |
Expand the description of the steps to take when reporting a bug.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=973
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@@ -157,13 +157,21 @@ Ethereal is still under constant development, so it is possible that you will encounter a bug while using it. Please report bugs to ethereal-dev@zing.org. Be sure you tell us: - 1) Operating System and version + 1) Operating System and version (the command 'uname -sr' may + tell you this, although on Linux systems it will probably + tell you only the version number of the Linux kernel, not of + the distribution as a whole; on Linux systems, please tell us + both the version number of the kernel, and which version of + which distribution you're running) 2) Version of GTK+ (the command 'gtk-config --version' will tell you) - 3) The command you used to invoke Ethereal + 3) Version of Ethereal (the command 'ethereal -v' will tell you, + unless the bug is so severe as to prevent that from working) + 4) The command you used to invoke Ethereal, and the sequence of + operations you performed that caused the bug to appear If the bug is produced by a particular trace file, please be sure to send a trace file along with your bug description. Please don't send a trace file -greather than 1 MB when compressed. If the trace file contains sensitive +greater than 1 MB when compressed. If the trace file contains sensitive information (e.g., passwords), then please do not send it. If Ethereal died on you with a 'segmentation violation', you can help the |