repeated crashing on save in 8.x

[Peter Bogdanoff]

I have trouble with 8 crashing on save also. I found that I have an external La Cie drive that spins up on open and save activity, which is normal, but seems to cause this. When I dismount the drive, no problem.

Peter

> On Feb 3, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> My project is in a dozen or so stacks which I turn into substacks before
> filing.
> 
> In 8.x, as I go through this dance, in addition to the bug that stops "save
> as" from working (although it does seem to change the name on the next save
> after, some of the time.  I've worked around it with "set the filename" and
> a gratuitous save), I am now seeing crashes  when saving after adding a sub
> stack.
> 
> Even looping through, and saving after each added substack, I get crashes
> at different points each run.  Off the cuff, I'm estimating a crash (of
> livecode itself) about 10% of the time, so getting through the whole set is
> rather rare event.
> 
> I've found that if I run the combination code in 7.1.4, it works (but
> doesn't compile correctly, failing to add the database and other support
> modules [it identifies them, and gives a list of failures at the end]).
> 
> So for the moment, I'm combing in 7 and compiling in 8.
> 
> Another odd observation is that when I *do* manage to combine in 8,
> compilation takes something like 10 minutes when it succeeds (but it
> usually crashes on the way).   If I combine in 7 and compile in 8,
> compilation is quick (maybe a minute; I haven't measured), and no crash.
> 
> 
> 
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