release: 1.2.7

[lilypond.git] / BUGS

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@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 
 This documents serious bugs 
 
+Send bug reports to bug-gnu-music@gnu.org.  For help and questions use
+help-gnu-music@gnu.org and gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org.  Please consult
+the faq before mailing your problems.
+
+
+
 ********
 
 [LinuxPPC-R5, egcs-1.1.2-12c]
@@ -9,7 +15,7 @@ Serious egcs-1.1.2-12c (stock LinuxPPC R5) bug on ppc:
 
        *dest++ = *src++;
 
-Bug report filed, fixed in egcs-1.1.2-12f.
+Bug report filed, fixed in egcs-1.1.2-12f or gcc-2.95-0a.
 Although we've currently got a workaround in place, the compiler
 is buggy; you should upgrade:
 
@@ -22,6 +28,16 @@ All compiling with -O2 is suspect, in particular guile-1.3, and
 Lily herself will break.
 
 
+[Linux i386]
+
+A binary RPM of Guile 1.3 has been distributed from the LilyPond ftp
+site.  This binary was made in RedHat 5.x, and it will fail if this
+RPM is used with RedHat 6.x.
+
+[GUILE 1.3.2]
+
+Guile 1.3.2 is buggy in several respects. Do not use it for LilyPond.
+
 [LinuxPPC, egcs-1.1b]
 
 Lilypond 1.1.35-1.1.51,...:  Wierd errors in guile scm_gc_mark ()
@@ -31,6 +47,17 @@ Lilypond 1.1.35-1.1.51,...:  Wierd errors in guile scm_gc_mark ()
 
 Some bugs may be captured in input/bugs/*y
 
+[Linux i386, RedHat 5.2 with updates to 6.0]
+
+Compiling with 
+
+       configure --disable-checking --enable-printing --disable-optimise --disable-debugging
+
+results in core dumps, during parsing of init files. Cause unknown.
+Solution: use
+
+       --enable-checking and --enable-optimize
+
 [Linux libg++ 2.7]
 
 LilyPond occasionally crashes while parsing the initialisation files.
@@ -58,18 +85,3 @@ This behaviour has been observed with machines that have old libg++
 versions (LinuxPPC feb '98, RedHat 4.x).  
 
 
-
-[Linux Intel]
-
-A problem resembling the previous: usage of libg++.2.8.x with the
-wrong version of libc results in a coredump from the scanner while
-reading the init files.  Stacktrace:
-
-       ios::eof (this=0x0)
-       
-       yyFlexLexer::LexerInput (this=0x8294848, buf=0x82955f0 "", max_size=8192)
-       yyFlexLexer::yy_get_next_buffer (this=0x8294848)
-       My_lily_lexer::yylex (this=0x8294848) 
-
-Fix: follow the install instructions of libg++: match the right
-library versions.