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Reporting Bugs
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   Please report all bugs you find in Bash.  But first, you should make
sure that it really is a bug, and that it appears in the latest version
of Bash that you have.

   Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, use the
`bashbug' command to submit a bug report.  If you have a fix, you are
encouraged to mail that as well!  Suggestions and `philosophical' bug
reports may be mailed to <bug-bash@gnu.org> or posted to the Usenet
newsgroup `gnu.bash.bug'.

   All bug reports should include:
   * The version number of Bash.

   * The hardware and operating system.

   * The compiler used to compile Bash.

   * A description of the bug behaviour.

   * A short script or `recipe' which exercises the bug and may be used
     to reproduce it.

`bashbug' inserts the first three items automatically into the template
it provides for filing a bug report.

   Please send all reports concerning this manual to <chet@po.CWRU.Edu>.