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kmcallister opened this issue Dec 11, 2014 · 0 comments · Fixed by #19738
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Bug report guide should mention RUST_BACKTRACE #19717

kmcallister opened this issue Dec 11, 2014 · 0 comments · Fixed by #19738
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The bug report guide says

Finally, if you can run the offending command under gdb, pasting a stack trace can be useful; to do so, you will need to set a breakpoint on rust_panic.

AFAIK, RUST_BACKTRACE=1 rustc ... will give equally useful information and doesn't require gdb.
@kmcallister kmcallister added A-docs E-easy Call for participation: Easy difficulty. Experience needed to fix: Not much. Good first issue. labels Dec 11, 2014
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Fixes rust-lang#19717
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rollup merge of rust-lang#19738: steveklabnik/gh19717
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Fixes rust-lang#19717
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rollup merge of rust-lang#19738: steveklabnik/gh19717
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Fixes rust-lang#19717
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