(gawk.info) Bugs

 
 Reporting Problems and Bugs
 ===========================
 
      There is nothing more dangerous than a bored archeologist.
      The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 
 
 
    If you have problems with `gawk' or think that you have found a bug,
 please 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 actually found a real bug.
 Carefully reread the documentation and see if it really 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
 reproduces the problem.  Then send us the program and data file, some
 idea of what kind of Unix system you're using, and the exact results
 `gawk' gave you.  Also say what you expected to occur; this will help
 us decide whether the problem was really in the documentation.
 
    Once you have a precise problem, send email to <bug-gawk@gnu.org>.
 
    Please include the version number of `gawk' you are using.  You can
 get this information with the command `gawk --version'.  Using this
 address will automatically send a carbon copy of your mail to Arnold
 Robbins.  If necessary, he can be reached directly at <arnold@gnu.org>.
 
    *Important!* Do _not_ try to report bugs in `gawk' by posting to the
 Usenet/Internet newsgroup `comp.lang.awk'.  While the `gawk' developers
 do occasionally read this newsgroup, there is no guarantee that we will
 see your posting.  The steps described above are the official,
 recognized ways for reporting bugs.
 
    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 Arnold Robbins; he will try to help you out,
 although he may not have the time to fix the problem.  You can send him
 electronic mail at the Internet address above.
 
    If you find bugs in one of the non-Unix ports of `gawk', please send
 an electronic mail message to the person who maintains that port.  They
 are listed below, and also 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 non-Unix ports of `gawk' are:
 
 MS-DOS
      Scott Deifik, `scottd@amgen.com', and Darrel Hankerson,
      `hankedr@mail.auburn.edu'.
 
 OS/2
      Kai Uwe Rommel, `rommel@ars.de'.
 
 VMS
      Pat Rankin, `rankin@eql.caltech.edu'.
 
 Atari ST
      Michal Jaegermann, `michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca'.
 
 Amiga
      Fred Fish, `fnf@ninemoons.com'.
 
    If your bug is also reproducible under Unix, please send copies of
 your report to the general GNU bug list, as well as to Arnold Robbins,
 at the addresses listed above.
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