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[gawk-diffs] [SCM] gawk branch, gawk-4.1-stable, updated. gawk-4.1.0-982-g234fe8a |
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Sun, 2 Oct 2016 10:52:41 +0000 (UTC) |
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commit 234fe8af6075075c84e142d2f62ee35a7006a39b
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date: Sun Oct 2 13:52:14 2016 +0300
Rework Bugs section in the manual.
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 67e92fa..7649778 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-10-02 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
+
+ * gawktexi.in (Bugs): Rework this section and break into
+ subsections, mainly to emphasize that I no longer
+ read comp.lang.awk.
+
2016-09-20 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
* gawktexi.in (Group Functions): Typo fix. Reported
diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index d348ef6..dd82d71 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the
section entitled
* VMS Old Gawk:: An old version comes with some VMS
systems.
* Bugs:: Reporting Problems and Bugs.
+* Bug address:: Where to send reports to.
+* Usenet:: Where not to send reports to.
+* Maintainers:: Maintainers of non-*nix ports.
* Other Versions:: Other freely available 'awk'
implementations.
* Installation summary:: Summary of installation.
@@ -28378,11 +28381,22 @@ B.4 Reporting Problems and Bugs
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 really found a genuine
-bug. Carefully reread the documentation and see if it 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!
+* Menu:
+
+* Bug address:: Where to send reports to.
+* Usenet:: Where not to send reports to.
+* Maintainers:: Maintainers of non-*nix ports.
+
+
+File: gawk.info, Node: Bug address, Next: Usenet, Up: Bugs
+
+B.4.1 Submitting Bug Reports
+----------------------------
+
+Before reporting a bug, make sure you have really found a genuine bug.
+Carefully reread the documentation and see if it 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
@@ -28406,12 +28420,6 @@ the only language understood in common by all the
maintainers._ In
addition, please be sure to send all mail in _plain text_, not (or not
exclusively) in HTML.
- CAUTION: Do _not_ try to report bugs in 'gawk' by posting to the
- Usenet/Internet newsgroup 'comp.lang.awk'. The 'gawk' developers
- do occasionally read this newsgroup, but there is no guarantee that
- we will see your posting. The steps described here are the only
- officially recognized way for reporting bugs. Really.
-
NOTE: Many distributions of GNU/Linux and the various BSD-based
operating systems have their own bug reporting systems. If you
report a bug using your distribution's bug reporting system, you
@@ -28429,12 +28437,35 @@ questions about things that are unclear in the
documentation or are just
obscure features, ask on the bug list; we will try to help you out if we
can.
- If you find bugs in one of the non-Unix ports of 'gawk', send an
-email to the bug list, with a copy to the person who maintains that
-port. The maintainers 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.
+
+File: gawk.info, Node: Usenet, Next: Maintainers, Prev: Bug address, Up:
Bugs
+
+B.4.2 Please Don't Post Bug Reports to USENET
+---------------------------------------------
+
+ I gave up on Usenet a couple of years ago and haven't really looked
+ back. It's like sports talk radio--you feel smarter for not having
+ read it.
+ -- _Chet Ramey_
+
+ Please do _not_ try to report bugs in 'gawk' by posting to the
+Usenet/Internet newsgroup 'comp.lang.awk'. Although some of the 'gawk'
+developers occasionally read this newgroup, the primary 'gawk'
+maintainer no longer does. Thus it's virtually guaranteed that he will
+_not_ see your posting. The steps described here are the only
+officially recognized way for reporting bugs. Really.
+
+
+File: gawk.info, Node: Maintainers, Prev: Usenet, Up: Bugs
+
+B.4.3 Reporting Problems with Non-Unix Ports
+--------------------------------------------
+
+If you find bugs in one of the non-Unix ports of 'gawk', send an email
+to the bug list, with a copy to the person who maintains that port. The
+maintainers 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 various 'gawk' ports are:
@@ -32274,7 +32305,7 @@ Index
* bt debugger command (alias for backtrace): Execution Stack. (line 13)
* Buening, Andreas: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
* Buening, Andreas <1>: Contributors. (line 93)
-* Buening, Andreas <2>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* Buening, Andreas <2>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* buffering, input/output: I/O Functions. (line 166)
* buffering, input/output <1>: Two-way I/O. (line 53)
* buffering, interactive vs. noninteractive: I/O Functions. (line 76)
@@ -32282,8 +32313,8 @@ Index
* buffers, flushing <1>: I/O Functions. (line 166)
* buffers, operators for: GNU Regexp Operators.
(line 51)
-* bug reports, email address, address@hidden: Bugs. (line 30)
-* address@hidden bug reporting address: Bugs. (line 30)
+* bug reports, email address, address@hidden: Bug address. (line 22)
+* address@hidden bug reporting address: Bug address. (line 22)
* built-in functions: Functions. (line 6)
* built-in functions, evaluation order: Calling Built-in. (line 30)
* BusyBox Awk: Other Versions. (line 92)
@@ -32388,7 +32419,7 @@ Index
* common extensions, single character fields: Single Character Fields.
(line 6)
* common extensions, \x escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 61)
-* comp.lang.awk newsgroup: Bugs. (line 41)
+* comp.lang.awk newsgroup: Usenet. (line 11)
* comparison expressions: Typing and Comparison.
(line 9)
* comparison expressions, as patterns: Expression Patterns. (line 14)
@@ -32651,7 +32682,7 @@ Index
* default keyword: Switch Statement. (line 6)
* Deifik, Scott: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
* Deifik, Scott <1>: Contributors. (line 54)
-* Deifik, Scott <2>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* Deifik, Scott <2>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* delete ARRAY: Delete. (line 39)
* delete breakpoint at location: Breakpoint Control. (line 36)
* delete breakpoint by number: Breakpoint Control. (line 64)
@@ -32785,7 +32816,8 @@ Index
* elements in arrays, scanning: Scanning an Array. (line 6)
* elements of arrays: Reference to Elements.
(line 6)
-* email address for bug reports, address@hidden: Bugs. (line 30)
+* email address for bug reports, address@hidden: Bug address.
+ (line 22)
* empty array elements: Reference to Elements.
(line 18)
* empty pattern: Empty. (line 6)
@@ -33149,7 +33181,7 @@ Index
(line 47)
* G-d: Acknowledgments. (line 94)
* G., Daniel Richard: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
-* G., Daniel Richard <1>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* G., Daniel Richard <1>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* Garfinkle, Scott: Contributors. (line 35)
* gawk program, dynamic profiling: Profiling. (line 178)
* gawk version: Auto-set. (line 198)
@@ -33604,7 +33636,7 @@ Index
* mailing labels, printing: Labels Program. (line 6)
* mailing list, GNITS: Acknowledgments. (line 52)
* Malmberg, John: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
-* Malmberg, John <1>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* Malmberg, John <1>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* Malmberg, John E.: Contributors. (line 138)
* mark parity: Ordinal Functions. (line 45)
* marked string extraction (internationalization): String Extraction.
@@ -33849,7 +33881,7 @@ Index
* pipe, input: Getline/Pipe. (line 10)
* pipe, output: Redirection. (line 57)
* Pitts, Dave: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
-* Pitts, Dave <1>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* Pitts, Dave <1>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* Plauger, P.J.: Library Functions. (line 12)
* plug-in: Extension Intro. (line 6)
* plus sign (+), + operator: Precedence. (line 51)
@@ -34173,7 +34205,7 @@ Index
* Robbins, Arnold <3>: Alarm Program. (line 6)
* Robbins, Arnold <4>: General Data Types. (line 6)
* Robbins, Arnold <5>: Contributors. (line 145)
-* Robbins, Arnold <6>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* Robbins, Arnold <6>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* Robbins, Arnold <7>: Future Extensions. (line 6)
* Robbins, Bill: Getline/Pipe. (line 40)
* Robbins, Harry: Acknowledgments. (line 94)
@@ -34705,7 +34737,7 @@ Index
* Yawitz, Efraim: Contributors. (line 132)
* Zaretskii, Eli: Acknowledgments. (line 60)
* Zaretskii, Eli <1>: Contributors. (line 56)
-* Zaretskii, Eli <2>: Bugs. (line 73)
+* Zaretskii, Eli <2>: Maintainers. (line 14)
* zerofile.awk program: Empty Files. (line 20)
* Zoulas, Christos: Contributors. (line 67)
@@ -34713,563 +34745,566 @@ Index
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-Ref: Manual History-Footnote-166994
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+Node: Extension Design1178183
+Node: Old Extension Problems1179337
+Ref: Old Extension Problems-Footnote-11180855
+Node: Extension New Mechanism Goals1180912
+Ref: Extension New Mechanism Goals-Footnote-11184276
+Node: Extension Other Design Decisions1184465
+Node: Extension Future Growth1186578
+Node: Old Extension Mechanism1187414
+Node: Notes summary1189177
+Node: Basic Concepts1190359
+Node: Basic High Level1191040
+Ref: figure-general-flow1191322
+Ref: figure-process-flow1192007
+Ref: Basic High Level-Footnote-11195308
+Node: Basic Data Typing1195493
+Node: Glossary1198821
+Node: Copying1230768
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License1268307
+Node: Index1293425
End Tag Table
diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index e4a1507..fe3be3b 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -1007,6 +1007,9 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon
them.
* VMS Old Gawk:: An old version comes with some VMS
systems.
* Bugs:: Reporting Problems and Bugs.
+* Bug address:: Where to send reports to.
+* Usenet:: Where not to send reports to.
+* Maintainers:: Maintainers of non-*nix ports.
* Other Versions:: Other freely available @command{awk}
implementations.
* Installation summary:: Summary of installation.
@@ -38329,7 +38332,6 @@ $ @kbd{gawk :==
$sys$common:[syshlp.examples.tcpip.snmp]gawk.exe}
This is apparently @value{PVERSION} 2.15.6, which is extremely old. We
recommend compiling and using the current version.
-
@node Bugs
@appendixsec Reporting Problems and Bugs
@cindex archaeologists
@@ -38345,6 +38347,15 @@ If you have problems with @command{gawk} or think that
you have found a bug,
report it to the developers; we cannot promise to do anything,
but we might well want to fix it.
address@hidden
+* Bug address:: Where to send reports to.
+* Usenet:: Where not to send reports to.
+* Maintainers:: Maintainers of non-*nix ports.
address@hidden menu
+
address@hidden Bug address
address@hidden Submitting Bug Reports
+
Before reporting a bug, make sure you have really found a genuine bug.
Carefully reread the documentation and see if it says you can do
what you're trying to do. If it's not clear whether you should be able
@@ -38377,40 +38388,6 @@ understood in common by all the maintainers.}
In addition, please be sure to send all mail in @emph{plain text},
not (or not exclusively) in HTML.
address@hidden @code{comp.lang.awk} newsgroup
address@hidden CAUTION
-Do @emph{not} try to report bugs in @command{gawk} by
-posting to the Usenet/Internet newsgroup @code{comp.lang.awk}.
-The @command{gawk} developers do occasionally read this newsgroup,
-but there is no guarantee that we will see your posting. The steps described
-here are the only officially recognized way for reporting bugs.
-Really.
address@hidden quotation
-
address@hidden
-Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:50:14 -0400
-From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
-Reply-To: address@hidden
-Organization: ITS, Case Western Reserve University
-To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
-CC: address@hidden
-
-....
-I gave up on usenet a couple of years ago and haven't really looked back.
-It's like sports talk radio -- you feel smarter for not having read it.
-
-And another one:
-
-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:00:56 -0400
-From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
-
-My memory was imperfect. Back in June 2009, I wrote:
-
-"That's the nice thing about open source, right? You can take your ball
-and run to another section of the playground. Then, if you like mixing
-metaphors, you can throw rocks from there."
address@hidden ignore
-
@quotation NOTE
Many distributions of GNU/Linux and the various BSD-based operating systems
have their own bug reporting systems. If you report a bug using your
distribution's
@@ -38428,6 +38405,45 @@ 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 on the bug list; we will try to help you out if we can.
address@hidden Usenet
address@hidden Please Don't Post Bug Reports to USENET
+
address@hidden
address@hidden Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:50:14 -0400
address@hidden From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
address@hidden Reply-To: address@hidden
address@hidden Organization: ITS, Case Western Reserve University
address@hidden To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
address@hidden CC: address@hidden
+I gave up on Usenet a couple of years ago and haven't really looked back.
+It's like sports talk radio---you feel smarter for not having read it.
address@hidden Chet Ramey
address@hidden quotation
+
address@hidden @code{comp.lang.awk} newsgroup
+Please do @emph{not} try to report bugs in @command{gawk} by posting to the
+Usenet/Internet newsgroup @code{comp.lang.awk}. Although some of the
address@hidden developers occasionally read this newgroup, the primary
address@hidden maintainer no longer does. Thus it's virtually guaranteed
+that he will @emph{not} see your posting. The steps described here are
+the only officially recognized way for reporting bugs. Really.
+
address@hidden
+And another one:
+
+Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:00:56 -0400
+From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
+
+My memory was imperfect. Back in June 2009, I wrote:
+
+"That's the nice thing about open source, right? You can take your ball
+and run to another section of the playground. Then, if you like mixing
+metaphors, you can throw rocks from there."
address@hidden ignore
+
address@hidden Maintainers
address@hidden Reporting Problems with Non-Unix Ports
+
If you find bugs in one of the non-Unix ports of @command{gawk},
send an email to the bug list, with a copy to the
person who maintains that port. The maintainers are named in the following
list,
diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index 29af53e..509b17d 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -1002,6 +1002,9 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon
them.
* VMS Old Gawk:: An old version comes with some VMS
systems.
* Bugs:: Reporting Problems and Bugs.
+* Bug address:: Where to send reports to.
+* Usenet:: Where not to send reports to.
+* Maintainers:: Maintainers of non-*nix ports.
* Other Versions:: Other freely available @command{awk}
implementations.
* Installation summary:: Summary of installation.
@@ -37420,7 +37423,6 @@ $ @kbd{gawk :==
$sys$common:[syshlp.examples.tcpip.snmp]gawk.exe}
This is apparently @value{PVERSION} 2.15.6, which is extremely old. We
recommend compiling and using the current version.
-
@node Bugs
@appendixsec Reporting Problems and Bugs
@cindex archaeologists
@@ -37436,6 +37438,15 @@ If you have problems with @command{gawk} or think that
you have found a bug,
report it to the developers; we cannot promise to do anything,
but we might well want to fix it.
address@hidden
+* Bug address:: Where to send reports to.
+* Usenet:: Where not to send reports to.
+* Maintainers:: Maintainers of non-*nix ports.
address@hidden menu
+
address@hidden Bug address
address@hidden Submitting Bug Reports
+
Before reporting a bug, make sure you have really found a genuine bug.
Carefully reread the documentation and see if it says you can do
what you're trying to do. If it's not clear whether you should be able
@@ -37468,40 +37479,6 @@ understood in common by all the maintainers.}
In addition, please be sure to send all mail in @emph{plain text},
not (or not exclusively) in HTML.
address@hidden @code{comp.lang.awk} newsgroup
address@hidden CAUTION
-Do @emph{not} try to report bugs in @command{gawk} by
-posting to the Usenet/Internet newsgroup @code{comp.lang.awk}.
-The @command{gawk} developers do occasionally read this newsgroup,
-but there is no guarantee that we will see your posting. The steps described
-here are the only officially recognized way for reporting bugs.
-Really.
address@hidden quotation
-
address@hidden
-Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:50:14 -0400
-From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
-Reply-To: address@hidden
-Organization: ITS, Case Western Reserve University
-To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
-CC: address@hidden
-
-....
-I gave up on usenet a couple of years ago and haven't really looked back.
-It's like sports talk radio -- you feel smarter for not having read it.
-
-And another one:
-
-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:00:56 -0400
-From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
-
-My memory was imperfect. Back in June 2009, I wrote:
-
-"That's the nice thing about open source, right? You can take your ball
-and run to another section of the playground. Then, if you like mixing
-metaphors, you can throw rocks from there."
address@hidden ignore
-
@quotation NOTE
Many distributions of GNU/Linux and the various BSD-based operating systems
have their own bug reporting systems. If you report a bug using your
distribution's
@@ -37519,6 +37496,45 @@ 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 on the bug list; we will try to help you out if we can.
address@hidden Usenet
address@hidden Please Don't Post Bug Reports to USENET
+
address@hidden
address@hidden Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:50:14 -0400
address@hidden From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
address@hidden Reply-To: address@hidden
address@hidden Organization: ITS, Case Western Reserve University
address@hidden To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
address@hidden CC: address@hidden
+I gave up on Usenet a couple of years ago and haven't really looked back.
+It's like sports talk radio---you feel smarter for not having read it.
address@hidden Chet Ramey
address@hidden quotation
+
address@hidden @code{comp.lang.awk} newsgroup
+Please do @emph{not} try to report bugs in @command{gawk} by posting to the
+Usenet/Internet newsgroup @code{comp.lang.awk}. Although some of the
address@hidden developers occasionally read this newgroup, the primary
address@hidden maintainer no longer does. Thus it's virtually guaranteed
+that he will @emph{not} see your posting. The steps described here are
+the only officially recognized way for reporting bugs. Really.
+
address@hidden
+And another one:
+
+Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:00:56 -0400
+From: Chet Ramey <address@hidden>
+
+My memory was imperfect. Back in June 2009, I wrote:
+
+"That's the nice thing about open source, right? You can take your ball
+and run to another section of the playground. Then, if you like mixing
+metaphors, you can throw rocks from there."
address@hidden ignore
+
address@hidden Maintainers
address@hidden Reporting Problems with Non-Unix Ports
+
If you find bugs in one of the non-Unix ports of @command{gawk},
send an email to the bug list, with a copy to the
person who maintains that port. The maintainers are named in the following
list,
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