Re: Font woes with lilypond on Ubuntu (was Re: svg output from version 2.13.12 cannot cope with numeric time signature)

[Valentin Villenave]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Patrick McCarty <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Bernard Hurley <address@hidden> wrote:
>>        Internal Error in accidentals.flat.arrowdown: monotonic is both 
>> needed and unneeded.
>>        Internal Error in accidentals.flat.arrowdown: monotonic is both 
>> needed and unneeded.
>>        Internal Error in accidentals.flat.arrowdown: Expected needed 
>> monotonic.
>>
>> and:
>>
>>        Internal Error in accidentals.sharp.arrowup: couldn't find a needed 
>> exit from an intersection
>>        Internal Error:
>>        Could not find finalm
>>
>> and:
>>
>>        Invoking "fontforge -script feta26.pe feta26.pfb"...
>>        Copyright (c) 2000-2009 by George Williams.
>>         Executable based on sources from 22:35 GMT 22-Jun-2009.
>>         Library based on sources from 22:35 GMT 22-Jun-2009.
>>        Internal Error in scripts.varcoda: couldn't find a needed exit from 
>> an intersection
>>        Internal Error:
>>        Could not find finalm
>>        Internal Error in scripts.varcoda: couldn't find a needed exit from 
>> an intersection
>
> These errors appear because your Fontforge was not compiled with the
> "--enable-double" configure flag.  They disappear when
> "--enable-double" is used.  It might be a good idea to report this
> upstream.

Hi Patrick,

I'm browsing old reports that I have left unaddressed...

Where are we wrt this issue? Is there something I can do, try and
reproduce the problem, open a bug report somewhere, whatever?

> I'm still really unsure about the source of this problem.  Some more
> things I would try:
>
> 1) Run `ldd lilypond' after you've installed your self-compiled
> 2.13.12 to check for linking errors.
>
> 2) Run `lilypond -dshow-available-fonts 2> fonts.log' and see if the
> log lists the "feta-alphabet" fonts.
>
> 3) Try compiling/installing all of LilyPond's dependencies from
> scratch, and then compile LilyPond.  See if you get the same results.
>
> Let me know how it goes.  Have you tried the GNU/Linux installers from
> lilypond.org?  Those should work out-of-the-box.

Cheers,
Valentin