On Saturday 21 February 2009 08:19:16 Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > On 21/02/2009 15:10, Stefano Franchi wrote: > > On Saturday 21 February 2009 08:00:12 Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >> On 21/02/2009 11:21, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > >>> Neither me, under Windows XP and the last stable LyX. > >> > >> Stefano seems to be using a debug build. In this build mode an assertion > >> causes a crash each time. With a release build assertions are "softer" > >> and, most of the time, the only visible effect is a message on the > >> console or the cursor is moving weirdly. > >> > >> Stefano, whenever you need to work seriously with LyX don't compile in > >> full debug mode. > >> > >> Abdel. > > > > Well, I am using a debug build now because I wanted to help tracking down > > the bug. It is frequent enough to have become a serious annoyance. > > And this is very nice of you to do that :-) > > > But I started > > experiencing the problem (and started this thread) with the standard > > build. > > > > So what Abdel's message seems to imply is that either: > > > > 1. the assert problem is not related to the crashes I experienced > > originally > > Unless you can reproduce the last crash with a release build with the > same symptoms I am tempted to say that the two crashes are unrelated > indeed. > > > or > > > > 2. I somehow was unwittingly using a debug build before recompiling Lyx > > with the debug option > > I remember that Debian packages used to have full assertion enabled > sometime ago, I don't know if they changed their policy since then... > > Abdel.
That sounds right. So what's the best way to have both a debug-enabled and a plain vanilla lyx installed? Can I just move the debug-enabled binary out of the source directory, make clean, and recompile without the debugging option? Or does the binary need similarly compiled libraries and other files? Sorry if the questions sound silly, but I have no idea how Lyx handles the compilation process.. Cheers, S. ______________________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Department of Philosophy Ph: (979) 862-2211 Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 845-0458 305B Bolton Hall fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-4237
