Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Trouble with ethereal 0.7.7

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:13:05 -0800 (PST)
> I have the core dump and the trace from gdb, what I wanted to know is this: who
> may I contact to report this problem ?

To quote the Ethereal README file:

	How to Report a Bug
	-------------------
	Ethereal is still under constant development, so it is possible
	that you will encounter a bug while using it.  Please report
	bugs to ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxx.  Be sure you tell us:
 
        1) Operating System and version
        2) Version of GTK+ (the command 'gtk-config --version' will tell
	   you)
        3) The command you used to invoke Ethereal
 
	If the bug is produced by a particular trace file, please be
	sure to send a trace file along with your bug description. 
	Please don't send a trace file greather than 1 MB when
	compressed.  If the trace file contains sensitive information
	(e.g., passwords), then please do not send it.
 
	If Ethereal died on you with a 'segmentation violation', you can
	help the developers a lot if you have a debugger installed.  A
	stack trace can be obtained by using your debugger ('gdb' in
	this example), the ethereal binary, and the resulting core file. 
	Here's an example of how to use the gdb command 'backtrace' to
	do so.
 
	$ gdb ethereal core
	(gdb) backtrace
	..... prints the stack trace
	(gdb) quit