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06-02-2017

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Getting started with fixing bugs for Linux

Okay I want to try my luck at fixing bugs for the Fedora OS, but I guess this question deals with any Linux distro or any open source OS for that matter.

I want to know how I can start fixing bugs on the OS level. For example the particular bug that I want to target is this logout bug

I mean how do I start with debugging something like this. These may involve OS modules that are already running in the OS, I can get the source, but how do I deploy and test it ?

MOST IMPORTANTLY-:
Can it be done in a VM like VirtualBox or KVM ?
Maybe I can test my "patched" OS there ?

Not sure about how approach this problem. Any of you who does Linux OS bug fixing could really help me out.

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pp_popcon_cnt

PP_POPCON_CNT(1)						   User Commands						  PP_POPCON_CNT(1)

NAME

       pp_popcon_cnt - PredictProtein popularity contest usage counter

SYNOPSIS

       pp_popcon_cnt [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       The pp-popularity-contest package sets up a cron job that will periodically anonymously submit to the Rost Lab developers statistics about
       the most used Rost Lab packages on this system.

       This information helps us making decisions such as which packages should receive high priority when fixing bugs.  It also helps us decide
       which packages should receive funding for further development and support.  This information is also very important when the Rost Lab
       applies for funding.

       Without the funding we receive based on the usage statistics you volunteer none of the packages on this image could be made available to
       you at no cost.

       This binary collects the number of times a method was used.

OPTIONS

       --debug
       --help
       -p, --program
	   program to record usage for

       -c, --count
	   usage count to record, default: 1

       --version

EXAMPLES

	pp_popcon_cnt --program preditprotein --count 1

FILES

       /var/spool/pp-popcon

AUTHOR

       Laszlo Kajan

SEE ALSO

       predictprotein(1), ppvmi(7)

1.0.5								    2012-04-04							  PP_POPCON_CNT(1)