From: hanwen <hanwen>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:50:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Invoking lilypond): add note
X-Git-Tag: release/2.3.24^2~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/lilypond.git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=88e0de89c5d3a47fb915e40eecb59c6cc11760a0;p=lilypond.git

(Invoking lilypond): add note
about resource usage.
---

diff --git a/Documentation/user/invoking.itely b/Documentation/user/invoking.itely
index 3a5757a981..c05ad87c28 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/invoking.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/invoking.itely
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ disables the use of backslashes in @TeX{} strings.
 In @code{--safe} mode, it is not possible to import LilyPond variables
 into Scheme. 
 
+@code{--safe} does @emph{not} detect resource overuse. It is still
+possible to make the program hang indefinitely, for example by feeding
+cyclic data structures into the backend.  If using LilyPond
+on a publically accessible webserver, the process should limited in both
+allowed  CPU and memory usage.
+
 @item -v,--version
 Show version information.
 @item -V,--verbose