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=head1 Reporting Problems
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- Wherever possible please use the perlbug tool supplied with this Perl
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- to report problems, as it automatically includes summary configuration
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- information about your perl, which may help us track down problems far
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- more quickly. But first you should read the advice in this file,
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- carefully re-read the error message and check the relevant manual pages
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- on your system, as these may help you find an immediate solution.
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- Once you've exhausted the documentation, please report bugs to us using
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- the 'perlbug' tool.
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-
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- The perlbug tool is installed along with perl, so after you have
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- completed C<make install> it should be possible to run it with plain
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- C<perlbug>. If the install fails, or you want to report problems with
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- C<make test> without installing perl, then you can use C<make nok> to
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- run perlbug to report the problem, or run it by hand from this source
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- directory with C<./perl -Ilib utils/perlbug>
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-
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- If the build fails too early to run perlbug uninstalled, then please
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- B<run> the C<./myconfig> shell script, and mail its output along with
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- an accurate description of your problem to perlbug@perl.org
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+ Please report problems to the GitHub issue tracker at
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+ https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues, which will ask for the
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+ appropriate summary configuration information about your perl, which
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+ may help us track down problems far more quickly. But first you should
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+ read the advice in this file, carefully re-read the error message and
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+ check the relevant manual pages on your system, as these may help you
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+ find an immediate solution. Once you've exhausted the documentation,
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+ please report bugs to us using the GitHub tracker.
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+
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+ The summary configuration information can be printed with C<perl -V>.
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+ If the install fails, or you want to report problems with C<make test>
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+ without installing perl, then you can run it by hand from this source
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+ directory with C<./perl -V>.
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+
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+ If the build fails too early to run perl, then please
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+ B<run> the C<./myconfig> shell script, and include its output along
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+ with an accurate description of your problem.
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If Configure itself fails, and does not generate a config.sh file
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- (needed to run C<./myconfig>), then please mail perlbug@perl.org the
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+ (needed to run C<./myconfig>), then please open an issue with the
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description of how Configure fails along with details of your system
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- -- for example the output from running C<uname -a>
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+ -- for example the output from running C<uname -a>.
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Please try to make your message brief but clear. Brief, clear bug
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reports tend to get answered more quickly. Please don't worry if your
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necessary. Do not include a complete transcript of your build
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session. Just include the failing commands, the relevant error
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messages, and whatever preceding commands are necessary to give the
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- appropriate context. Plain text should usually be sufficient -- fancy
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- attachments or encodings may actually reduce the number of people who
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- read your message. Your message will get relayed to over 400
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- subscribers around the world so please try to keep it brief but clear.
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+ appropriate context.
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If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
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- inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list , then see
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+ inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker , then see
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L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
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for details of how to report the issue.
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