Strange GS failure

[Peter Toye]

I've got two almost identical files, one of which is OK, and the other gives what I think is a Ghostscript failure. The only difference between the files are some commented-out lines (I was experimenting with paper sizes). Can someone please tell me what's going on and how to mend it?

The files are:

\version "2.19.52"

\language "english"

  {

    c''1
  }

Which compiles OK, and

\version "2.19.52"

\language "english"
%\header { tagline = ##f }
%\paper {
  %#(set-default-paper-size "a8" )
%}
%\score {
  {
    %  \omit TimeSignature
%    \clef "bass"
    c''1
  }
 
%}

Which gives the compile log:

Processing `D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Test/Singlenote.ly'
Parsing...
Interpreting music...
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `./tmp-lilypond-137fFz'...
Converting to `Singlenote.pdf'...
warning: `(gs -q -dNOSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841.89 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -r1200 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=Singlenote.pdf -c.setpdfwrite -f./tmp-lilypond-137fFz)' failed (1)

fatal error: failed files: "D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Test/Singlenote.ly"
Exited with return code 1.

 
Regards,

Peter
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