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Bug report HOWTO |
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* General rules |
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- Be sure the problem you are reporting is not already known, or |
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maybe even already solved. Source of information include the BUGS |
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file, the mailing-list archives at http://www.via.ecp.fr/ml/videolan/ |
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and your old friend Google. |
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- Be sure to be using a recent version. Bug reports against old |
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versions of vlc are likely to be ignored, because changes in the |
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program may make it impossible to reproduce the bug, or may even have |
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fixed it. |
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- Give as many details as possible about your problem! Better too |
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much than not enough. |
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- Don't forget to say which version of vlc you are using (0.2.91, |
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CVS snapshot from 21 Dec 2001, Debian packages 0.2.92-4). It is |
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important to tell us where you got the packages from (web site, CVS, |
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distribution). |
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- Also, your platform is very important. vlc runs on a lot of |
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different operating systems, so you should at least provide your |
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operating system name and version (Windows 98, Debian Linux woody, |
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BeOS, ...) and your CPU (Pentium 3, Sparc, PowerPC, ...). |
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* Reporting a ./configure or make issue |
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- Give the full log showing the problem: |
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./configure <options> > logfile.txt 2>&1 |
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make 2>&1 > logfile.txt 2>&1 |
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- When dealing with a ./configure issue, please provide the generated |
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config.log file. |
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- Your compiler brand and version may be relevant here as well. |
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* Reporting a crash |
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- Try to reproduce the crash and to explain how you reproduced it. |
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- A gdb backtrace can be useful. For it to have any meaning, vlc |
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should have been compiled with debug symbols (add the --enable-debug |
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flag to ./configure) |
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* Where to send bug reports? |
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- Use the Bugzilla interface at http://bugzilla.videolan.org/. If you |
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do not want to leave your email address, just use "guest" as both the |
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username and password. You will not be notified about the evolution of |
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your bug though. |
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- The vlc-devel mailing-list is also a good place to discuss issues |
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with all developers, but bug reports are better sent to Bugzilla. |
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Please visit http://www.videolan.org/support/bug-reporting.html |
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for details on how to properly report/diagnose a bug in VLC media player. |
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Derk-Jan Hartman
22 years ago