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| author | Linus Nordberg <linus@nordu.net> | 2011-03-14 13:23:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Nordberg <linus@nordu.net> | 2011-03-14 13:23:24 +0100 |
| commit | e317a8db7aede1cc9918db51c06de469686c9fa8 (patch) | |
| tree | e1493bd9f89cf4b23dceaf8063588fc84185c443 /lib | |
| parent | 2e315fe5273c899bad4de5f82af9e704edb0bda5 (diff) | |
Add short blurb about bug hunting in HACKING.
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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/HACKING | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/HACKING b/lib/HACKING index 2be4d67..6c502bd 100644 --- a/lib/HACKING +++ b/lib/HACKING @@ -47,3 +47,13 @@ This is on Ubuntu 10.10. - [TLS] verification of CNAME - [TLS] preshared key support - [DTLS] support + +* Found a bug? +If possible, please build the library with DEBUG defined +(CFLAGS=-DDEBUG) and reproduce the problem. With DEBUG defined, lots +of asserts are enabled which might give a hint about what's gone +wrong. + +Running the library under gdb is another good idea. If you experience +a crash, catching that in gdb and providing a backtrace is highly +valuable for debugging. |