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Reporting Problems and Bugs
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     There is nothing more dangerous than a bored archeologist.
     The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   If you have problems with `gawk' or think that you have found a bug,
please report it to the developers; we cannot promise to do anything
but we might well want to fix it.

   Before reporting a bug, make sure you have actually found a real bug.
Carefully reread the documentation and see if it really says you can do
what you're trying to do.  If it's not clear whether you should be able
to do something or not, report that too; it's a bug in the
documentation!

   Before reporting a bug or trying to fix it yourself, try to isolate
it to the smallest possible `awk' program and input data file that
reproduces the problem.  Then send us the program and data file, some
idea of what kind of Unix system you're using, the compiler you used to
compile `gawk', and the exact results `gawk' gave you.  Also say what
you expected to occur; this helps us decide whether the problem is
really in the documentation.

   Once you have a precise problem, send email to <bug-gawk@gnu.org>.

   Please include the version number of `gawk' you are using.  You can
get this information with the command `gawk --version'.  Using this
address automatically sends a carbon copy of your mail to me.  If
necessary, I can be reached directly at <arnold@gnu.org>.  The bug
reporting address is preferred since the email list is archived at the
GNU Project.  _All email should be in English, since that is my native
language._

   *Caution:* Do _not_ try to report bugs in `gawk' by posting to the
Usenet/Internet newsgroup `comp.lang.awk'.  While the `gawk' developers
do occasionally read this newsgroup, there is no guarantee that we will
see your posting.  The steps described above are the official
recognized ways for reporting bugs.

   Non-bug suggestions are always welcome as well.  If you have
questions about things that are unclear in the documentation or are
just obscure features, ask me; I will try to help you out, although I
may not have the time to fix the problem.  You can send me electronic
mail at the Internet address noted previously.

   If you find bugs in one of the non-Unix ports of `gawk', please send
an electronic mail message to the person who maintains that port.  They
are named in the following list, as well as in the `README' file in the
`gawk' distribution.  Information in the `README' file should be
considered authoritative if it conflicts with this Info file.

   The people maintaining the non-Unix ports of `gawk' are as follows:

Amiga        Fred Fish, <fnf@ninemoons.com>.
BeOS         Martin Brown, <mc@whoever.com>.
MS-DOS       Scott Deifik, <scottd@amgen.com> and Darrel
             Hankerson, <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>.
MS-Windows   Juan Grigera, <juan@biophnet.unlp.edu.ar>.
OS/2         Kai Uwe Rommel, <rommel@ars.de>.
Tandem       Stephen Davies, <scldad@sdc.com.au>.
VMS          Pat Rankin, <rankin@eql.caltech.edu>.

   If your bug is also reproducible under Unix, please send a copy of
your report to the <bug-gawk@gnu.org> email list as well.