Re: gEDA-user: Can't load layouts created with current pcb,

[Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@xxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie schrieb:
>>But as I understand your reply to my posts you said that files
>>created with the 20050609 snapshot cannot be loaded with 20050609
>>and to load files created with the snapshot I need a version newer
>>than the snapshot.
> 
> 
> No, I said to load newer files you'll need a newer version of pcb.
> Snapshots aren't the only versions of pcb; there is CVS too, and HID.
> Your problem is most likely that you're seeing the new DRC parameters,
> which are *not* in 20050609, but in CVS.  20050609 should have DRC
> lines like this:
> 
> DRC[699 400 800 800]

That' how my DRC line looks like.

> 
> But newer PCB's have DRC lines like this:
> 
> DRC[699 400 800 800 600 750]
> 
> So while 20050609 is the most recent snapshot, it is NOT the latest
> version of PCB, and there may be files for which 20050609 is too old
> to read.  However, you shouldn't be able to create those types of
> files with 20050609.
> 

pcb --version
gives:
pcb-bin: 20050609

It's in the generated files, too:

# release: pcb-bin 20050609
# date:    Sun Mar 19 21:06:28 2006
# user:    philipp (Philipp Klaus Krause,,,)
# host:    localhost.localdomain

PCB["" 600000 500000]

Grid[10,00000000 0 0 0]
Cursor[128410 103520 3,000000]
Thermal[0,500000]
DRC[699 400 800 800]
Flags(0x0000000000001c40)
Groups("1,s:2,c:3:4:5:6:7:8")
Styles["Signal,1000,3600,2000,1000:Power,2500,6000,3500,1000:Fat,4000,6000,3500,1000:Skinny,600,2402,1181,600"]