GNU Binary Utilities: Bug Criteria

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19.1 Have You Found a Bug?

If you are not sure whether you have found a bug, here are some guidelines:

• If a binary utility gets a fatal signal, for any input whatever, that is a bug. Reliable utilities never crash.
• If a binary utility produces an error message for valid input, that is a bug.
• If you are an experienced user of binary utilities, your suggestions for improvement are welcome in any case.