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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index dfc25e9c9..5c78004af 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ </para></listitem> +<listitem><para>March 26th, 2002 [markh]: Chapter 02 - Asking for help: +Added reference to ESR's smart-questions document.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>March 25th, 2002 [markh]: Binutils - Added libopcodes library description.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter02/askforhelp.xml b/chapter02/askforhelp.xml index 4be0ad791..86dbef18b 100644 --- a/chapter02/askforhelp.xml +++ b/chapter02/askforhelp.xml @@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ quoted 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://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</ulink>. +Read and follow the hints in this 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> </sect1> |