-This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
+This is the toplevel README to LilyPond -*-Text-*-
GNU LilyPond which converts music definition files into visual or
without -O2, but with purify, it dumps core)
+Linux (intel)
+LilyPond occasionally crashes while parsing the initialisation files.
+This is a very obscure bug, and usually entering the commandline
+differently "fixes" it.
+
+ lilypond input.ly
+
+and
+
+ lilypond -I. ./input.ly
+
+makes a difference
+
+Typical stacktrace:
+
+ SIGSEGV
+ __libc_malloc (bytes=16384)
+ ?? ()
+ yyFlexLexer::yy_create_buffer ()
+ Includable_lexer::new_input (this=0x8209a00, s={strh_ = {
+ :
+
+
+I get bitten by this every once in a while, and I am very interested
+in hints what might be wrong.