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<h2 class="chapter">12 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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