Re: core dump submissions with send-pr?

From: Joseph Koshy (joseph.koshy_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/16/05

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To: nahthan subramanian <nahthan666@yahoo.com>

    > What is the proper method for submitting cores along with
    > backtraces to the FreeBSD development team? Is it useful to
    > submit cores, or is the backtrace sufficient?
     
    Firstly, GNATS works over email and sending in a 4GB+ MIME
    encoded core file could overload the mail servers of not
    just the FreeBSD project, but also those of the volunteers who
    track the freebsd-bugs list.

    Secondly the GNATS repository is itself replicated on many
    sites and so you would also earn the wrath of mirror
    site admins across the world :).

    Instead, you could first describe the problem on -stable.
    It may turn out to be a known problem (you can check yourself
    with a quick browse of the archives).

    If it *is* a new bug then please do file a PR with a backtrace,
    your machine configuration, and a description of the problem.
    Many times a core file is not necessary, but if needed it
    generally suffices to put it up somewhere where a developer
    can access it. 

    -- 
FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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