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diff --git a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml index 367e880c0..405b40804 100644 --- a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml +++ b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml @@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ <title>Help</title> + <note> + <para> + We strongly discourage posting your issues building one LFS package + directly onto the upstream support channel, without discussing via + a LFS support channel listed in <xref linkend="ch-intro-resources"/> + first. Doing so is often quite inefficient because the upstream + maintainers are rarely familiar with LFS building procedure. Even if + you've really hit an upstream issue, the LFS community can still help + to isolate the information wanted by the upstream maintainers and make + a proper report. + </para> + + <para> + If you must ask a question directly via an upstream support channel, + you shall at least note that many upstream projects have the support + channels separated from the bug tracker. The <quote>bug</quote> + reports for asking questions are considered invalid and may annoy + upstream developers for these projects. + </para> + </note> + <para>If an issue or a question is encountered while working through this book, please check the FAQ page at <ulink url="&faq-root;#generalfaq"/>. Questions are often already answered there. If your question is not |