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-rw-r--r--doc/mpfr.texi8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 51c44b7c6..f6b79c37f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -402,12 +402,13 @@ For instance, under Unix, where paths are separated by a colon:
setenv LIBRARY_PATH "/usr/local/lib:/other/path/lib"
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$LIBRARY_PATH"
-If you can't solve your problem, you should contact us at <mpfr@loria.fr>,
-indicating the machine and operating system used (uname -a), the compiler
-and version used (gcc -v if you use gcc), the configure options used if
-any (including variables such as CC and CFLAGS), the version of GMP and
-MPFR used, and a description of the problem encountered. Please send us
-also the log of the "configure" (config.log).
+If you can't solve your problem, you should contact us via the MPFR
+mailing-list <mpfr@loria.fr>, indicating the machine and operating system
+used (uname -a), the compiler and version used (gcc -v if you use gcc),
+the configure options used if any (including variables such as CC and
+CFLAGS), the version of GMP and MPFR used, and a description of the
+problem encountered. Please send us also the log of the "configure"
+(config.log).
Note that even if you can build MPFR with a C++ compiler, you can't run
the test suite: C and C++ are not the same language! You should use a C
diff --git a/doc/mpfr.texi b/doc/mpfr.texi
index 818d83b80..ae403731d 100644
--- a/doc/mpfr.texi
+++ b/doc/mpfr.texi
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ On most platforms, a dynamic library will be produced too.
@samp{make check}
This will make sure MPFR was built correctly.
-If you get error messages, please
-report this to @samp{mpfr@@loria.fr}. (@xref{Reporting Bugs}, for
+If you get error messages, please report this to the MPFR mailing-list
+@samp{mpfr@@loria.fr}. (@xref{Reporting Bugs}, for
information on what to include in useful bug reports.)
@item
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ specific to MPFR). Problems are also mentioned in the FAQ
@comment Warning! Do not split "MPFR ... @url{...}" across several lines
@comment as this needs to be updated with update-version.
-Please report problems to @samp{mpfr@@loria.fr}.
+Please report problems to the MPFR mailing-list @samp{mpfr@@loria.fr}.
@xref{Reporting Bugs}.
Some bug fixes are available on the
MPFR 3.1.0 web page @url{http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.0/}.
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ If your bug report is good, we will do our best to help you to get a corrected
version of the library; if the bug report is poor, we will not do anything
about it (aside of chiding you to send better bug reports).
-Send your bug report to: @samp{mpfr@@loria.fr}.
+Send your bug report to the MPFR mailing-list @samp{mpfr@@loria.fr}.
If you think something in this manual is unclear, or downright incorrect, or if
the language needs to be improved, please send a note to the same address.