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[PATCH] bugs.html: XWin log


Over on cygwin-xfree@ we find XWin's logs to be important information in diagnosing problems. I would like to make this standard procedure for issue reporting just like cygcheck output is currently.

Patch for bugs.html attached.


Yaakov Cygwin/X
Index: bugs.html
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@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@
 otherwise encode the output.  Just attach it as a straight text file so
 that it can be easily viewed.</li></b><br>
 
+<a name="xwin-log">
+<li>Similarly, if your problem involves Cygwin/X, include the file
+<tt>/var/log/XWin.0.log</tt> in addition to your cygcheck output as 
+<em>plain-text attachments</em> in your report.  Please note that 
+Cygwin/X has its own <a href="lists.html">mailing list</a>.</li><br>
+
 <a name="the-problem">
 <li>Do not assume that your problem is so trivial or so
 "well known" that it does not require any details or background from

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