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<h3 class="section">19.1 Have You Found a Bug?</h3>
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<p>If you are not sure whether you have found a bug, here are some guidelines:
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If a binary utility gets a fatal signal, for any input whatever, that is
a bug. Reliable utilities never crash.
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If a binary utility produces an error message for valid input, that is a
bug.
</li><li> If you are an experienced user of binary utilities, your suggestions for
improvement are welcome in any case.
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