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<h2><a name="bugs">I think I found a bug in BusyBox! What should I do?</h2>
<p>
- If you find a problem with BusyBox, please submit a detailed bug report to
- the BusyBox mailing list at <a href="mailto:busybox@mail.busybox.net">
- busybox@mail.busybox.net</a>. Please do not send private email to Erik
- (the maintainer of BusyBox) asking for private help unless you are planning
- on paying for consulting services. When we answer questions on the BusyBox
- mailing list, it helps everyone, while private answers help only you...
- <p>
-
- If you find bugs, please submit a detailed bug report to the BusyBox mailing
- list at busybox@mail.busybox.net. A well-written bug report should include a
- transcript of a shell session that demonstrates the bad behavior and enables
- anyone else to duplicate the bug on their own machine. The following is such
- an example:
-
-<pre>
- To: busybox@mail.busybox.net
- From: diligent@testing.linux.org
- Subject: /bin/date doesn't work
-
- Package: BusyBox
- Version: 1.00
-
- When I execute BusyBox 'date' it produces unexpected results.
- With GNU date I get the following output:
+<p>
- $ date
- Fri Oct 8 14:19:41 MDT 2004
+ If you simply need help with using or configuring BusyBox, please submit a
+ detailed description of your problem to the BusyBox mailing list at <a
+ href="mailto:busybox@mail.busybox.net"> busybox@mail.busybox.net</a>.
+ Please do not send private email to Erik (the maintainer of BusyBox) asking
+ for private help unless you are planning on paying for consulting services.
+ When we answer questions on the BusyBox mailing list, it helps everyone,
+ while private answers help only you...
- But when I use BusyBox date I get this instead:
+ <p>
- $ date
- illegal instruction
+ The developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can
+ keep in their brains at a time. As a result, bug reports sometimes get
+ lost when posted to the mailing list. To prevent your bug report from
+ getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the <a
+ href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">BusyBox Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
+ to submit a detailed bug report.
- I am using Debian unstable, kernel version 2.4.27 on a x86 system,
- and the latest uClibc from CVS. Thanks for the wonderful program!
+ <p>
- -Diligent
-</pre>
+ The same also applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch is a
+ bug fix or adds shiney new features, please post your patch to the <a
+ href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">BusyBox Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
+ to make certain it is properly considered.
- Note the careful description and use of examples showing not only what BusyBox
- does, but also a counter example showing what an equivalent GNU app does. Bug
- reports lacking proper detail may never be fixed... Thanks for understanding.
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