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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-01-30 10:21:16 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-01-30 10:21:16 +0000
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%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="prepare-askforhelp">
-<title>How to ask for help</title>
+<title>Help</title>
<?dbhtml filename="askforhelp.html"?>
<para>See testing</para>
-<!--
-<para>If you run into a problem while working through this book, you should
-first check the FAQ at <ulink url="&faq-root;"/> - often your question
-is already answered there. If it is not, you should try to find the source of
-the problem. The following hint might give you some ideas for your
-troubleshooting: <ulink url="&hints-root;errors.txt"/>.</para>
-
-<para>If all that fails, you will find that most people on IRC and the mailing
-lists (see <xref linkend="ch-scatter-administrativa"/>) are willing to help
-you. But to assist them in diagnosing and solving your problem, please include
-all relevant information in your request for help.</para>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Things to mention</title>
-
-<para>Apart from a brief explanation of the problem you're having, the
-essential things to include in your request are:</para>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>the version of the book you are using (being &version;),</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>the host distribution and version you are using to create
-LFS,</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>the package or section giving you problems,</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>the exact error message or symptom you are receiving,</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>whether you have deviated from the book at all.</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-
-<note><para>Saying that you've deviated from the book doesn't mean
-that we won't help you. After all, LFS is about choice. It'll just
-help us to see other possible causes of your problem.</para></note>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Configure problems</title>
-
-<para>When something goes wrong during the stage where the configure script
-is run, look through the <filename>config.log</filename> file. This file
-may contain errors encountered during configure which weren't printed to
-the screen. Include those relevant lines if you decide to ask for
-help.</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Compile problems</title>
-
-<para>To help us find the cause of the problem, both screen output and
-the contents of various files are useful. The screen output from both
-the ./configure script and the make run can be useful. Don't blindly
-include the whole thing but, on the other hand, don't include too little.
-As an example, here is some screen output from make:</para>
-
-<screen><computeroutput>gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/share/locale:.\"
--DLOCALEDIR=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/share/locale\" -DLIBDIR=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/lib\"
--DINCLUDEDIR=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/include\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
--g -O2 -c getopt1.c
-gcc -g -O2 -static -o make ar.o arscan.o commands.o dir.o expand.o file.o
-function.o getopt.o implicit.o job.o main.o misc.o read.o remake.o rule.o
-signame.o variable.o vpath.o default.o remote-stub.o version.o opt1.o
--lutil job.o: In function `load_too_high':
-/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1/job.c:1565: undefined reference to `getloadavg'
-collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
-make[2]: *** [make] Error 1
-make[2]: Leaving directory `/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1'
-make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
-make[1]: Leaving directory `/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1'
-make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2</computeroutput></screen>
-
-<para>In this case, many people just include the bottom section where it
-says:</para>
-
-<screen><computeroutput>make [2]: *** [make] Error 1</computeroutput></screen>
-
-<para>and onwards. This isn't enough for us to diagnose the problem because it
-only tells us that <emphasis>something</emphasis> went wrong, not
-<emphasis>what</emphasis> went wrong. The whole section, as in the example
-above, is what should be included to be helpful, because it includes the
-command that was executed and the command's error message(s).</para>
-
-<para>An excellent article on asking for help on the Internet in general
-has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at
-<ulink url="http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html"/>.
-Read and follow the hints in that document and you are much more likely
-to get a response to start with and also to get the help you actually
-need.</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Test suite problems</title>
-
-<para>Many packages provide a test suite which, depending on the importance
-of the package, we may encourage you to run. Sometimes packages will
-generate false or expected failures. If you encounter these, you can check
-the LFS Wiki page at <ulink url="&wiki-root;"/> to see whether we have
-already noted and investigated them. If we already know
-about them, then usually there is no need to be concerned.</para>
-
-</sect2>
--->
-
</sect1>