Weird compile result -- bug?

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2021, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> So I went to the original document and, in the bibliography settings,
> changed the processor option from default to bibtex8, and sure enough the
> original compiled correctly.
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a bug or something the user is responsible for
> knowing (it was news to me, but I never use biblatex). So I'm reporting it
> here to let wiser minds decide.

Paul,

Thanks for digging further into the issue. I clarify a couple of points
because I think the problem is a bug, not a "feature." :-)

Biblatex replaced bibtxt a number of years ago, and the application which
works on biblatex-formatted bibliographic databases is Biber.

In my document the Settings -> Bibliography -> Bibliography Generator
Processer is set to biber.

  I'm not sure what bibtex8 does, but biblatex and biber are a mated pair.

Carpe weekend,

Rich