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diff --git a/llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html b/llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html index f01c5c72a10..4aabf35058a 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html +++ b/llvm/docs/HowToSubmitABug.html @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ information:</p> <div class="doc_text"> -<p>More often than not, bugs in the compiler cause it to crash - often due to an +<p>More often than not, bugs in the compiler cause it to crash—often due to an assertion failure of some sort. If you are running <tt><b>opt</b></tt> directly, and something crashes, jump to the section on <a href="#passes">bugs in LLVM passes</a>. Otherwise, the most important @@ -126,12 +126,16 @@ bunch of stuff, and should end with telling you that one of <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 +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. A tool that might help -you reduce a front-end testcase to a more manageable size is -<a href="http://delta.tigris.org/">delta</a>. -</p> +along with a brief description of the error it caused.</p> + +<p>The <a href="http://delta.tigris.org/">delta</a> tool helps to reduce the +preprocessed file down to the smallest amount of code that still replicates the +problem. You're encouraged to use delta to reduce the code to make the +developers' lives easier. <a +href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/A_guide_to_testcase_reduction">This website</a> +has instructions on the best way to use delta.</p> </div> |
