texinfo: Reporting Bugs

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1.1 Reporting Bugs
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We welcome bug reports and suggestions for any aspect of the Texinfo
system: programs, documentation, installation, etc.  Please email them
to <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>.  You can get the latest version of Texinfo via
its home page, <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo>.

  For bug reports, please include enough information for the maintainers
to reproduce the problem.  Generally speaking, that means:

   * The version number of Texinfo and the program(s) or manual(s)
     involved.
   * The contents of any input files necessary to reproduce the bug.
   * Precisely how you ran any program(s) involved.
   * A description of the problem and samples of any erroneous output.
   * Hardware and operating system names and versions.
   * Anything else that you think would be helpful.

  When in doubt whether something is needed or not, include it.  It's
better to include too much than to leave out something important.

  It is critical to send an actual input file that reproduces the
problem.  What's not critical is to "narrow down" the example to the
smallest possible input--the actual input with which you discovered the
bug will suffice.  (Of course, if you do do experiments, the smaller the
input file, the better.)

  Patches are most welcome; if possible, please make them with 'diff -c'
(Note: (diff)Top) and include 'ChangeLog' entries (Note: (emacs)Change
Log), and follow the existing coding style.