Re: Segmentation Fault

[David Kastrup]

Craig <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I have found the spot in the tuba part that makes the segmentation
> fault.  And, yes, if I delete or comment out to make the tuba part
> "smaller", lily will write a pdf.
>
> Now that I have found the measure, what do I do?  I cannot make this
> project smaller.  I would have to send the entire score to the bug
> department.  
>
> Any time I have an issue with a large score, that cannot be reduced, it
> becomes problematic in the lilypond community.

It becomes problematic to diagnose the problem, period, and it makes
little sense to blame the Lilypond community for that.  I mean, get
real.  You don't give us any information, not your operating system, not
your Lilypond version, not a bit of the code that causes the problem.

You only tell us that it occurs in a tuba part when it gets large.

So what explanation do you expect?  That Lilypond has a particular
musical taste that lets it throw up when the tuba gets too dominant?

That's about the only possible diagnosis to be given from the
information you deliver, and how likely does that seem?  And if there
was indeed a remote possibility, what would you do with that
information?  Use less tuba?

Really, up to now your report has been little more but venting.  If you
are interested in getting your problem fixed rather than just
complaining, you'll need to do better.  And that is not the fault of the
Lilypond community.  It is just the world being mean.

-- 
David Kastrup