1999-04-08 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

* manual/install.texi (Reporting Bugs): Add section about reported 
	bugs and correct email address of glibcbug script.
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1999-04-08 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
* manual/install.texi (Reporting Bugs): Add section about reported
bugs and correct email address of glibcbug script.
1999-04-01 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> 1999-04-01 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
* sunrpc/Versions: Add new xdr functions to GLIBC_2.1.1 * sunrpc/Versions: Add new xdr functions to GLIBC_2.1.1

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FAQ
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@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ copy a NIS_COLD_START file from a Solaris client (the NIS_COLD_START file is
byte order independent) or generate it with nisinit from the nis-tools byte order independent) or generate it with nisinit from the nis-tools
package; available at package; available at
http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html
2.13. I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc 2.13. I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc
@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ Answers were given by:
{PB} Phil Blundell, <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com> {PB} Phil Blundell, <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>
{MK} Mark Kettenis, <kettenis@phys.uva.nl> {MK} Mark Kettenis, <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>
{ZW} Zack Weinberg, <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu> {ZW} Zack Weinberg, <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>
{TK} Thorsten Kukuk, <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de> {TK} Thorsten Kukuk, <kukuk@suse.de>
{GK} Geoffrey Keating, <geoffk@ozemail.com.au> {GK} Geoffrey Keating, <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
{HJ} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.org> {HJ} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.org>
{CG} Cristian Gafton, <gafton@redhat.com> {CG} Cristian Gafton, <gafton@redhat.com>

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@ -468,6 +468,14 @@ errors and omissions in this manual. If you report them, they will get
fixed. If you don't, no one will ever know about them and they will fixed. If you don't, no one will ever know about them and they will
remain unfixed for all eternity, if not longer. remain unfixed for all eternity, if not longer.
It is a good idea to check first that the problem was not reported
before. Bugs are documented in two places: The file @file{BUGS}
describes a number of well known bugs and the bug tracking system has a
WWW interface at
@url{http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl}. The WWW
interface gives you access to open and closed reports. The closed
reports normally include a patch or a hint on solving the problem.
To report a bug, first you must find it. Hopefully, this will be the To report a bug, first you must find it. Hopefully, this will be the
hard part. Once you've found a bug, make sure it's really a bug. A hard part. Once you've found a bug, make sure it's really a bug. A
good way to do this is to see if the GNU C library behaves the same way good way to do this is to see if the GNU C library behaves the same way
@ -492,7 +500,7 @@ if you haven't installed it, will be in your build directory. Send your
test case, the results you got, the results you expected, and what you test case, the results you got, the results you expected, and what you
think the problem might be (if you've thought of anything). think the problem might be (if you've thought of anything).
@code{glibcbug} will insert the configuration information we need to @code{glibcbug} will insert the configuration information we need to
see, and ship the report off to @email{bug-glibc@@gnu.org}. Don't send see, and ship the report off to @email{bugs@@gnu.org}. Don't send
a message there directly; it is fed to a program that expects mail to be a message there directly; it is fed to a program that expects mail to be
formatted in a particular way. Use the script. formatted in a particular way. Use the script.