X-Git-Url: https://review.openocd.org/gitweb?p=openocd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=BUGS;h=6b08ba4ca5fdcaa608590725403edba8818a6ce7;hp=55a4d31f05ced3cc2d9ccc08522bbd637c58bab4;hb=23fd80f2b658395d24056f6b84c8483f428ab33d;hpb=5b9c07e9185d2c3b47e4a741186dff9a2bc9c5de;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS index 55a4d31f05..6b08ba4ca5 100644 --- a/BUGS +++ b/BUGS @@ -1,34 +1,46 @@ -Please report bugs by posting a message to +/** @page bugs Bug Reporting -openocd-development@lists.berlios.de. +Please report bugs by subscribing to the OpenOCD mailing list and +posting a message with your report: + + openocd-development@lists.berlios.de To minimize work for OpenOCD developers, you can include all the information below. If you feel that some of the items below are unnecessary for a clear bug report, you leave them out. - - Target PCB/board description - Config scripts - OpenOCD command line - List of commands issued or GDB operations performed - Expected result - Actual result -- debug_level 3 logs -- If this is a regression, include logs for working and broken -version -- If this is a regression, please find out the precise version -that caused the regression. This can be done via a binary -search. E.g. if version 550 worked and 600 failed, then try -575, etc. +- Logs using @c debug_level 3 (e.g. add '-d 3' to the command line) +- If this is a regression, include logs for working and broken version +- If this is a regression, please find out the precise version that + caused the regression. This can be done via a binary search; For + example: if testing version 550 works but 600 fail, then try 575, etc. -- If OpenOCD is crashing, you can use GDB to get a trace: - -gdb --args openocd .... +- If OpenOCD is crashing, you can use GDB to get a trace:@par +@code +% gdb --args openocd .... (gdb) run (gdb) bt => here a stack trace is dumped. +@endcode + +- To run or debug the in-tree executable (not recommended), you must + use libtool to set up the correct shared library paths: +@code + libtool gdb --args openocd .... +@endcode +or the more pedantic (and forward-compatible): +@code + libtool --mode=execute gdb --args openocd .... +@endcode +- Attach files directly to the posting. The mailing list knows to +transform attachments to links so you will not be bloating anyones mail +box. Please keep attachments to less than 100KB. -attach files directly to the posting. The mailing list knows to -transform attachments to links so you will not be bloating anyones -mail box. Keep attachments to <100kBytes. \ No newline at end of file + */