Re: gEDA-user: gsch2pcb update

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 14:40 -0500, Ian Chapman wrote:
> I have found the problem.  My home directory contains the file gafrc
> which has the line of form 
> (component-library "${HOME}/Artwork/Schematic_sym") this worked well
> with the default gEDA and PCB that came with Ubuntu Feisty.  Once
> updated to Gutsy and the updated default gEDA and PCB; gsch2pcb failed
> to find the symbols.  adding the same gafrc to the project director made
> no difference.
>
> 	Solution adding the full path to the line 
> (component-library "/home/stanley82/Artwork/Schematic_sym") to the gafrc
> in the project directory has fixed it.  I have not tried going back to
> only having a gafrc file in the home directory but will.  I guess it may
> be something deep in bash linux theology of shell variables.

If your HOME environment variable was set, then this "should" have
worked. I just added some debug prints to libgeda, and have confirmed
that it does on my machine with the latest development code.

On some Windows environments, I know HOME might not be set, but it
should always be present on a Linux box.

Best wishes,

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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