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Explain why don't mail a core dump.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 29 Jun 2001 03:20:46 +0000
parents ae24bb82158d
children a94c26975e95
files man/trouble.texi
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--- 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