Re: gEDA-user: PCB, two simple questions

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When building PCB we get for each footprint file *.fp a png image *.png.
> For what is this image necessary?

We make HTML files also, so you can browse the library with a web
browser.

> If I remember correctly there was a statement on this list telling that
> current pcb generates newlib copies for all the m4 footprints. This may
> be fine for most people, but is there an option to disable this behavior
> if someone does not like it?

If we disable it, those footprints won't be available, at least on
Windows, which doesn't have m4.  We're trying to get rid of the
runtime dependency on m4.


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