Re: gEDA-user: gattrib corrupts data

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:26:02AM -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> Karel --
> 
> I think I have reproduced this bug.  It appears that if I modify an already
> existing attrib, then it just discards the attribute, instead of saving it.
> 
> For example, suppose I have a component with footprint=0805.  If I use gattrib
> to change this to 1206, then gattrib deletes the footprint attribute
> altogether.
> 
> However, if I use gattrib to add an attribute to a component which previously
> didn't have that attrib, it works correctly.  (That is, the component had no
> footprint attrib, and I added 1206, say.)  Also, if I use gattrib to delete an
> attrib from a component, it also works correctly.
> 
> Is this the behavior you observe?

I don't know. It's possible. Look at d.sch and e.sch I have sent. Each one
demonstrates one bug.

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