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diff --git a/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html b/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html index 387e1a5523..7b546750d9 100644 --- a/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html +++ b/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html @@ -95,11 +95,14 @@ have at this point. <a name="front-end">Front-end bugs </b></font></td></tr></table><ul> -If the problem is in the front-end, pretty much the only thing you can do is -preprocess the input (compile with the <tt>-E</tt> option) and send us the -results. There is no good way to reduce source-level test-cases that I know -of... if you do know, send me information and we can extend this section. :)<p> - +If the problem is in the front-end, you should re-run the same +<tt>llvm-gcc</tt> command that resulted in the crash, but add the +<tt>-save-temps</tt> option. The compiler will crash again, but it +will leave behind a <tt><i>foo</i>.i</tt> file (containing preprocessed +C source code) and possibly <tt><i>foo</i>.s</tt> (containing LLVM +assembly code), for each compiled <tt><i>foo</i>.c</tt> file. Send us +the <tt><i>foo</i>.i</tt> file, along with a brief description of the +error it caused.<p> <!-- ======================================================================= --> </ul><table width="100%" bgcolor="#441188" border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0> @@ -109,8 +112,8 @@ of... if you do know, send me information and we can extend this section. :)<p> </b></font></td></tr></table><ul> If you find that a bug crashes in the <tt><b>gccas</b></tt> stage of -compilation, compile your test-case to a <tt>.s</tt> file with the <tt>-S</tt> -option to <tt><b>llvm-gcc</b></tt>. Then run:<p> +compilation, compile your test-case to a <tt>.s</tt> file with the +<tt>-save-temps</tt> option to <tt><b>llvm-gcc</b></tt>. Then run:<p> <pre> <b>gccas</b> -debug-pass=Arguments < /dev/null -o - > /dev/null |