Re: Strange error with no traceable cause.

[David Kastrup]

Karlin High <address@hidden> writes:

> On 6/5/2018 4:02 PM, Thomas Morley wrote:
>>> For running gdb do:
>>>
>>> gdb path/to/lilypond-executable
>>>
>>> For example: gdb lilypond-git/build/out/bin/lilypond
>>> You will get some infos about gdb returned, finally it ends with
>>> (gdb)
>>>
>>> Then type:
>>> run path/to/the/ly-file
>> I forgot, type:
>>
>> bt
>>
>> to get the stack and then:
>>
>>> Post the output.
>
> Watching and learning about gdb... Does this work for "standard"
> LilyPond distributions? Or only for compiled-from-source with
> debugging symbols or something?

The backtrace usually at least is good for the function names even
without debug information.

-- 
David Kastrup