From 88e0de89c5d3a47fb915e40eecb59c6cc11760a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hanwen Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:50:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Invoking lilypond): add note about resource usage. --- Documentation/user/invoking.itely | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.39.5