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What to do about a bug

• Make sure you are using the latest version of whatever branch you are running, stable, testing, or development.
• Find a way to reproduce the bug consistantly.
• If Openbox is segfaulting, then please get it to create a core file, by running one of these in the shell before running Openbox:

  in bash
  ulimit unlimited
  in zsh
  unlimit coredumpsize

  Then when openbox segfaults, a core file will be generated in the current directory. Once you have the core file, run

  gdb /path/to/openbox core

  and at the prompt that gdb gives you, type this command to get a back-trace:

  bt

  Please include this output in your bug report.

• If you want to fix the bug yourself and submit a patch, please do, it will be much appreciated.
• Submit a bug report to the bug database with the version of Openbox that you are using when the bug appears, detailing what the bug is, including the back-trace if appropriate, and describing how to reproduce it. If we cannot reproduce it, we probably cannot fix it! So please give clear instructions.