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@@ -33,9 +33,21 @@ available for testing and more useful bug reports.
 
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-                                    F.A.Q.
+		   IF YOU HAVE CONFIGURE OR BUILD PROBLEMS
 
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+The first order of business if acprep update doesn't work is to find out where
+things went wrong.  So follow these steps to produce a bug report I can track
+down easily:
+
+    $ ./acprep --debug update          # shows what acprep was thinking
+    $ <edit config.log>                # shows what configure was thinking
+
+With the contents of config.log, and the output from acprep --debug update,
+it's usually fairly obvious where things have gone astray.
+
+===============================================================================
+
+                                    F.A.Q.
 
  - Q: The build fails saying it can't find utf8.h
 
@@ -65,6 +77,14 @@ available for testing and more useful bug reports.
 
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+ - Q: I'm seeing a segfault deep inside the boost_regex code!
+
+   A: Actually, the real segfault is in libstdc++'s facet code.  It's being
+      caused by using a debug Boost with a non-debug build of Ledger, or
+      vice-versa.
+
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
  - Q: Something else fails, or Ledger crashes on startup
 
    A: This, I am most interested in hearing about.  Please e-mail me a copy of
@@ -98,5 +118,3 @@ available for testing and more useful bug reports.
 
    A: This can happen for the same reason as above.  It can also happen if you
       have ICU support enabled.  This is a bug I'm still trying to track down.
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