Perhaps not a bug, advice would be useful...

[Alex O'Sullivan]

Hello,
After installing Lilypond 2.2.6 under Debian, and attempting to
engrave a score, I get the following error messages:

address@hidden:~$ lilypond -V test.ly
lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.6
Opening pipe `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version '
Opening pipe `kpsexpand \$TEXMF'
Opening pipe `kpsewhich -expand-path=\$T1FONTS'
Invoking `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin  -I /home/alex -I /home/alex -I
/home/alex -H dedication -H title -H subtitle -H subsubtitle -H footer
-H head -H composer -H arranger -H instrument -H opus -H piece -H
metre -H meter -H poet -H texttranslator -H atenddocument -H
textheight -H fontencoding -H inputencoding -H language -H
latexpackages -H papersize -H pagenumber -H atbegindocument -H
latexheaders -H latexoptions -H linewidth -H unit -H orientation
--verbose test'
lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond'
local_lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6'
localedir: `/usr/share/locale'
LILYPONDPREFIX:`'[/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-music-types.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/output-lib.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/c++.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/chord-ignatzek-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/chord-entry.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/chord-generic-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/stencil.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/new-markup.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/bass-figure.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/music-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/part-combiner.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-music-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/auto-beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/chord-name.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-context-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/translation-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/script.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/midi.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/clef.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/slur.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/font.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-markup-commands.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-grob-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-grobs.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/define-grob-interfaces.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/page-layout.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/scm/paper.scm]
Now processing `test.ly'
Parsing...
[/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/declarations-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/nederlands.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/drumpitch-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/chord-modifiers-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/script-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/scale-definitions-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/grace-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/midi-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/performer-init.ly]][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/engraver-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/dynamic-scripts-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/spanners-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/ly/property-init.ly]][/home/alex/test.ly
/home/alex/test.ly:1:1: error: syntax error, unexpected '{':
{
  a b c d }
]((gc-time-taken . 97) (cells-allocated . 228913) (cell-heap-size .
464896) (bytes-malloced . 1073789) (gc-malloc-threshold . 1240132)
(gc-times . 28) (gc-mark-time-taken . 48) (gc-sweep-time-taken . 49)
(cells-marked . 2967331) (cells-swept . 5222264) (cell-heap-segments
(136767488 . 136718336) (136794112 . 136777728) (136912896 .
136847360) (137027584 . 136929280) (1077565440 . 1077417984)
(1077733376 . 1077569536) (1077950464 . 1077737472) (1078282240 .
1077954560) (1078777856 . 1078286336) (1079597056 . 1078859776)
(1079912448 . 1079601152) (1081014272 . 1079916544)))]
/home/alex/test.ly:1:8: warning: Braces don't match:
{ a b c
          d }
Failed files: test.ly
lilypond: warning: `lilypond-bin' failed (status 1) (ignored)
lilypond: error: LilyPond failed on input file test (exit status 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/lilypond", line 886, in ?
run_lilypond (files, dep_prefix)
File "/usr/bin/lilypond", line 299, in run_lilypond
ly.exit (status)
File "/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/python/lilylib.py", line 130, in exit
raise _ ('Exiting (%d)...') % i
Exiting (256)...
Cleaning /tmp/tmp3-gbi8lilypond...

test.ly consisted of a simple expression "{ a b c d }"

hope you can help!
Al O'S