6 Reporting issues
To report build or installation problems, include:
- the compiler name and version (e.g.
gcc
version 10),
- the C standard library name and version (e.g. glibc version 2.x),
- the output of the
configure
script. You can capture it by running
‘./configure > configure-output.txt 2>&1’,
- the generated config.log file,
- the generated config.h file, if it exists,
- the output of the
make
command. You can capture it by running
‘make > make-output.txt 2>&1’,
- any other error messages,
- any other information that you think could lead to solving the problem.
To report usage problems, include:
- all the above things you include when reporting building problems,
- a description of the problem that the software causes,
- any error messages that are displayed,
- any other information that you think could lead to solving the problem.