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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2015-12-07 10:03:52 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2015-12-07 10:04:44 -0800 |
| commit | c840d3ad89a9016b4d2c22b77495f53b37625d5a (patch) | |
| tree | 24dc02586f263bd20e5245205a30831c502792e5 /README | |
| parent | ad9dde0b2562212f2e986be298c2df9e167e2e6a (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c840d3ad89a9016b4d2c22b77495f53b37625d5a.tar.gz | |
doc: promote 'sort --debug'
* README, doc/coreutils.texi (Introduction, sort invocation):
Suggest 'sort --debug' more prominently.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ files (man/*.x) are welcome. However, the authoritative documentation is in texinfo form in the doc directory. -***************************************** +********************************************* On Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1), test failure ------------------------------------------ +--------------------------------------------- Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Darwin 9.1) provides only partial (and incompatible) ACL support, so although "./configure && make" succeeds, "make check" @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ the mean time, you can configure with --disable-nls. For details, see <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/12015/>. -*********************** +********************* Pre-C99 build failure ------------------------ +--------------------- In 2009 we added this requirement: To build the coreutils from source, you must have a C99-conforming @@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ root than when run by less privileged users. Reporting bugs: --------------- +Send bug reports, questions, comments, etc. to bug-coreutils@gnu.org. +To suggest a patch, see the files README-hacking and HACKING for tips. + +If you have a problem with 'sort', try running 'sort --debug', as it +can can often help find and fix problems without having to wait for an +answer to a bug report. If the debug output does not suffice to fix +the problem on your own, please compress and attach it to the rest of +your bug report. + IMPORTANT: if you take the time to report a test failure, please be sure to include the output of running 'make check' in verbose mode for each failing test. For example, @@ -176,9 +185,6 @@ run this command: For some tests, you can get even more detail by adding DEBUG=yes. Then include the contents of the file 'log' in your bug report. -Send bug reports, questions, comments, etc. to bug-coreutils@gnu.org. -If you would like to suggest a patch, see the files README-hacking -and HACKING for tips. *************************************** |