[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html
Bill Wendling
isanbard at gmail.com
Fri Feb 23 19:46:59 PST 2007
Changes in directory llvm/docs:
HowToSubmitABug.html updated: 1.27 -> 1.28
---
Log message:
Added some more information on how to use "delta" to reduce testcases.
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Diffs of the changes: (+11 -7)
HowToSubmitABug.html | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Index: llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html
diff -u llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html:1.27 llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html:1.28
--- llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html:1.27 Sun Aug 27 19:34:18 2006
+++ llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html Fri Feb 23 21:46:42 2007
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
<div class="doc_text">
-<p>More often than not, bugs in the compiler cause it to crash - often due to an
+<p>More often than not, bugs in the compiler cause it to crash—often due to an
assertion failure of some sort. If you are running <tt><b>opt</b></tt>
directly, and something crashes, jump to the section on
<a href="#passes">bugs in LLVM passes</a>. Otherwise, the most important
@@ -126,12 +126,16 @@
<tt>llvm-gcc</tt> command that resulted in the crash, but add the
<tt>-save-temps</tt> option. The compiler will crash again, but it will leave
behind a <tt><i>foo</i>.i</tt> file (containing preprocessed C source code) and
-possibly <tt><i>foo</i>.s</tt> (containing LLVM assembly code), for each
+possibly <tt><i>foo</i>.s</tt> (containing LLVM assembly code) for each
compiled <tt><i>foo</i>.c</tt> file. Send us the <tt><i>foo</i>.i</tt> file,
-along with a brief description of the error it caused. A tool that might help
-you reduce a front-end testcase to a more manageable size is
-<a href="http://delta.tigris.org/">delta</a>.
-</p>
+along with a brief description of the error it caused.</p>
+
+<p>The <a href="http://delta.tigris.org/">delta</a> tool helps to reduce the
+preprocessed file down to the smallest amount of code that still replicates the
+problem. You're encouraged to use delta to reduce the code to make the
+developers' lives easier. <a
+href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/A_guide_to_testcase_reduction">This website</a>
+has instructions on the best way to use delta.</p>
</div>
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@
<a href="mailto:sabre at nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a><br>
<a href="http://llvm.org">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a>
<br>
- Last modified: $Date: 2006/08/28 00:34:18 $
+ Last modified: $Date: 2007/02/24 03:46:42 $
</address>
</body>
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