<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Bug Reporting </TITLE> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd AT mega-nerd DOT com)"> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="libsndfile.css" TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="all"> </HEAD> <BODY> <CENTER> <H1><B>Reporting Bugs in libsndfile</B></H1> </CENTER> <P> Before even attempting to report a bug in libsndfile please make sure you have read the <A HREF="FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions</A>. If you are having a problem writing code using libsndfile make sure you read the <A HREF="api.html">Application Programming Interface</A> documentation. </P> <P> That said, I am interested in finding and fixing all genuine bugs in libsndfile. Bugs I want to fix include any of the following problems (and probably others) : </P> <UL> <LI> Compilation problems on new platforms. <LI> Errors being detected during the `make check' process. <LI> Segmentation faults occuring inside libsndfile. <LI> libsndfile hanging when opening a file. <LI> Supported sound file types being incorrectly read or written. <LI> Omissions, errors or spelling mistakes in the documentation. </UL> <P> When submitting a bug report you must include : </P> <UL> <LI> Your system (CPU and memory size should be enough). <LI> The operating system you are using. <LI> Whether you are using a package provided by your distribution or you compiled it youself. <LI> If you compiled it yourself, the compiler you are using. (Also make sure to run "make check".) <LI> A description of the problem. <LI> Information generated by the sndfile-info program (see next paragraph). <LI> If you are having problems with sndfile-play and ALSA on Linux, I will need information about your kernel, ALSA version, compiler version, whether you compiled the kernel/ALSA your self or installed from a package etc. </UL> <P> If libsndfile compiles and installs correctly but has difficulty reading a particular file or type of file you should run the <B>sndfile-info</B> program (from the examples directory of the libsndfile distribution) on the file. See <A HREF="sndfile_info.html">here</A> for an example of the use of the <B>sndfile-info</B> program. </P> <P> Please do not send me a sound file which fails to open under libsndfile unless I specifically ask you to. The above information should usually suffice for most problems. </P> <P> Once you have the above information you should email it to one of the <A HREF="lists.html">mailing lists</a> (posting to these lists is limited to the list subscribers). </P> </BODY> </HTML> <!-- Do not edit or modify anything in this comment block. The arch-tag line is a file identity tag for the GNU Arch revision control system. arch-tag: 1533a2ca-489c-4190-b602-ecae1cc992e4 -->
