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+Thank you for opening a new issue. To help solve it faster and more easily,
+please review this check-list, and fill in the sections below. Adapt as
+needed.
+
+Do not open an issue to request a new feature; instead, post a message to
+[the mailing list](https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot).
+
+_Note: issues missing any information may get closed without further ado._
+
+---
+### Check-list
+
+- [ ] I did not find the issue in the existing issues
+- [ ] I can reproduce the issue with unmodified Buildroot from [this
+      repository](https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot), not from a
+      fork somewhere else
+- [ ] I can reproduce the issue on the latest commit of the branch I'm using:
+    - [ ] master
+    - [ ] stable (i.e. 20NN.MM.x - please specify)
+    - [ ] LTS (i.e. 20NN.02.x - please specify)
+- [ ] I can reproduce the issue after running `make clean; make`
+- [ ] I attached the full build log file (e.g. `make 2>&1 |tee build.log`)
+- [ ] I attached a **minimal** defconfig file that can reproduce the
+      issue (`make BR2_DEFCONFIG=$(pwd)/issue_defconfig savedefconfig`)
+- [ ] I also attached the configuration for kconfig-based packages that
+      are enabled (and necessary to reproduce the issue), most notably:
+    - [ ] busybox
+    - [ ] linux
+    - [ ] uclibc
+    - [ ] uboot
+    - [ ] …
+
+---
+### What I did
+
+**Buildroot commit sha1**: _get this with `git describe HEAD`_
+**Distribution of the build machine**: _get this with `NAME` and `VERSION` from `/etc/os-release`_
+
+_Here, describe what you did:_
+- _any special environment variables: CC, CXX, TARGET, CROSS_COMPILE, etc…_
+- _the commands you ran:_
+    ```sh
+    $ make [...]
+    ```
+- _anything else that you might think is important…_
+
+---
+### What happens
+
+_Here, describe what happens that you believe was incorrect._
+
+---
+### What was expected
+
+_Here, describe the behaviour you expected._
+
+---
+### Extra information
+
+_Here, you may write additional information that does not fit above_