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<h2 class="chapter">13 Reporting Bugs</h2>

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Your bug reports play an essential role in making GCC reliable.

 <p>When you encounter a problem, the first thing to do is to see if it is
already known.  See <a href="Trouble.html#Trouble">Trouble</a>.  If it isn't known, then you should
report the problem.

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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Bug-Criteria.html#Bug-Criteria">Criteria</a>:    Have you really found a bug? 
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Bug-Reporting.html#Bug-Reporting">Reporting</a>:   How to report a bug effectively. 
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