Re: Markup in \tempo Is Broken with Lilypond 2.17.21

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Russell Cook <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> \version "2.17.21"
>>
>> \score {
>>   << \new Voice { \time 4/4 \tempo \markup { "Rubato " \concat { \smaller 
>> \general-align #Y #DOWN \note #"4" #1 \medium " = ca. 76" } } s1 * 4 } >>
>> }
>>
>> Prior to version 2.17.21, the above code compiled without issues. As of 
>> 2.17.21, it only compiles if the string between the \markup opener and the 
>> \concat block is removed. It does not matter if the string is moved into the 
>> \concat block; Lilypond will consume as much memory as possible until it 
>> reaches the 2 GB process cap and crashes.
>>
>> Please note, this is Lilypond on Windows. I have not yet tested this
>> code on Mac OS X or Linux.
>
> Don't see this on a 32bit Linux version compiled with
> disable-optimising, am now going for the "stock" variant.

And can't see that normally compiled.  So it might be that just the
Windows version, or just the GUB-compiled binaries are affected.

Can you check with some other of the precompiled versions?  Without an
idea how to reproduce, it is hard pinpointing the problem.

-- 
David Kastrup