# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 993784846 0
# Node ID ec2015ba505d40f75eb8d04db553dd468e44b696
# Parent  ae24bb82158d0ff5632a96a4d9058975c64558d7
Explain why don't mail a core dump.

diff -r ae24bb82158d -r ec2015ba505d man/trouble.texi
--- a/man/trouble.texi	Fri Jun 29 03:19:40 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/trouble.texi	Fri Jun 29 03:20:46 2001 +0000
@@ -849,6 +849,15 @@
 time to try, please report the bug with your original test case.
 
 @item
+A core dump file.
+
+Debugging the core dump might be useful, but it can only be done on
+your machine, with your Emacs executable.  Therefore, sending the core
+dump file to the Emacs maintainers won't be useful.  Above all, don't
+include the core file in an email bug report!  Such a large message
+can be extremely inconvenient.
+
+@item
 A system-call trace of Emacs execution.
 
 System-call traces are very useful for certain special kinds of