Re: gEDA-user: Schematic import (was "why separate xgsch2pcb?")

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 16:31 -0600, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote:
> Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Out of curiosity, if you were to temporarily make a copy of the contents
> > [...]
> 
> Changing out the symlink for a real directory full of files didn't
> help, but I believe I have found the problem:
> 
> Normally when you reference a stock footprint in a schematic, you do
> so by name, without any suffixes, e.g. you specify "RCY100" instead of
> "RCY100.fp".  This is how I reference my custom footprints as well,
> and it's enough to satisfy gsch2pcb.
> 
> I tried changing all references to my custom footprints in the
> schematic to include ".fp", and sure enough, it works.  The Import
> function finds them just fine this way.
> 
> This of course represents a significant change in behavior, so I'd
> have to suggest that the suffix be made optional in the Import
> function.

Indeed.. sounds like a bug in the import function. It shouldn't need the
".fp" at all.

-- 
Peter Clifton

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