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gEDA-user: Re: Removing components with missing sym files considered harmful
- To: sdb@cloud9.net (Stuart Brorson)
- Subject: gEDA-user: Re: Removing components with missing sym files considered harmful
- From: Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@seul.org>
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:47:37 -0500
- Cc: geda-user@geda.seul.org
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- In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:45:13 EST." <20040313224513.6ED692AA07@earl-grey.cloud9.net> ------
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Hi Stuart,
>One problem which has popped up several times has to do with
>components with missing sym files. This is a typical problem when
>gattrib (or gschem) can't find all the sym files because of a problem
>with the component library paths.
>
>The problem is that when a component with a missing sym file is
>encountered, the component is entirely removed from pr_current. If
>the user then saves out this design (e.g. from gattrib, but also from
>gschem), the affected component is permanently deleted.
[snip]
>
>Does this sound reasonable?
>
Yes. You are not the first to point this rather broken behavior.
I have filed bug#112 for this "feature". Thanks.
-Ales