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author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2022-04-18 16:21:45 +0300 |
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committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2022-04-18 16:21:45 +0300 |
commit | b55d466c54ef8364259759fdcf2c66a5ab4fb5a1 (patch) | |
tree | be96e2f2479bf783acc7bbb493b3d7c7ece4c0fb | |
parent | 72b1a070b5298e66fe0ab8b13489a64e14d5ea7e (diff) | |
download | gawk-b55d466c54ef8364259759fdcf2c66a5ab4fb5a1.tar.gz |
Small fixes to gawkbug and its man page.
-rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/gawkbug.1 | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gawkbug.in | 12 |
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2022-04-18 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawkbug.in: Small changes. + 2022-04-01 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> Small fix from the persistent-gawk guys. diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index e31adf7c..d1bc266f 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 2022-04-18 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> * gawktexi.in (Adding Code): Update coding style instructions. + * gawkbug.1: Small changes. 2022-03-10 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> diff --git a/doc/gawkbug.1 b/doc/gawkbug.1 index eb6889e7..c9fa4283 100644 --- a/doc/gawkbug.1 +++ b/doc/gawkbug.1 @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ .\" Arnold Robbins .\" bug-gawk@gnu.org .\" -.\" Last Change: Sat Feb 26 22:38:19 IST 2022 +.\" Last Change: Mon Apr 18 16:21:25 IDT 2022 .\" -.TH GAWKBUG 1 "2022 Feb 26" "GNU Awk 5.2" +.TH GAWKBUG 1 "2022 Apr 18" "GNU Awk 5.2" .SH NAME gawkbug \- report a bug in gawk .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ gawkbug \- report a bug in gawk .SH DESCRIPTION .B gawkbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports -concerning gawk in a standard format. +concerning +.B gawk +in a standard format. .B gawkbug invokes the editor specified by the environment variable .SM @@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ file \fIdead.gawkbug\fP in the invoking user's home directory. .PP The bug report format outline consists of several sections. The first section provides information about the machine, operating system, the -gawk version, and the compilation environment. The second section +.B gawk +version, and the compilation environment. The second section should be filled in with a description of the bug. The third section should be a description of how to reproduce the bug. The optional fourth section is for a proposed fix. Fixes are encouraged. @@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ is not set, .B gawkbug attempts to locate a number of alternative editors, including .BR vim , -and if must, +and if it must, .BR emacs . If .B gawkbug @@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ export PATH : ${TMPDIR:=/tmp} #Securely create a temporary directory for the temporary files -TEMPDIR=$TMPDIR/bbug.$$ +TEMPDIR=$TMPDIR/gbug.$$ (umask 077 && mkdir "$TEMPDIR") || { echo "$0: could not create temporary directory" >&2 exit 1 } -TEMPFILE1=$TEMPDIR/bbug1 -TEMPFILE2=$TEMPDIR/bbug2 +TEMPFILE1=$TEMPDIR/gbug1 +TEMPFILE2=$TEMPDIR/gbug2 USAGE="Usage: $0 [--help] [--version] [bug-report-email-address]" VERSTR="GNU gawkbug, version ${VERSION}" @@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ for when Gawk doesn't behave like you'd like, or expect. Gawkbug will start up your editor (as defined by the shell's EDITOR environment variable) with a preformatted bug report template for you to fill in. The report will be mailed to the -bug-gawk mailing list by default. See the manual for details. +bug-gawk mailing list by default. + +Please see https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Bugs.html +for bug reporting instructions. Reading that information before +repoting a bug will make everyones' lives easier. If you invoke gawkbug by accident, just quit your editor without saving any changes to the template, and no bug report will be sent. |