From: Nicholas Nethercote <njn@valgrind.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:19:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added #17 about how to write suppressions.
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Added #17 about how to write suppressions.

MERGE TO STABLE (along with several other FAQ changes I've made recently but
forgot to write this note on)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1804
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diff --git a/FAQ.txt b/FAQ.txt
index 30fe012349..3469afc66a 100644
--- a/FAQ.txt
+++ b/FAQ.txt
@@ -357,4 +357,18 @@ A16.  It's probably a bug in 'make'.  Some, but not all, instances of
 
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+Q17.  I tried writing a suppression but it didn't work.  Can you 
+      write my suppression for me?
+
+A17.  Yes!  Use the --gen-suppressions=yes feature to spit out
+      suppressions automatically for you.  You can then edit them
+      if you like, eg. combining similar automatically generated
+      suppressions using wildcards like '*'.
+
+      If you really want to write suppressions by hand, read the 
+      manual carefully.  Note particularly that C++ function names
+      must be _mangled_.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 (this is the end of the FAQ.)