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Re: gEDA-user: Matching footprints with symbols

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:23:05 +0200
kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stefan Salewski wrote:
> 
> > This can give trouble in rare cases due to m4 macro expansion.
>                            ^^^^
>                        /rare/many/
> The insidious side of this bug shows by the many seemingly unrelated
> ways it breaks the layout further down the road.
> 
> Bottom line: Avoid hyphens in footprint names except to add a
> revision number at the end of the base name.

Alternate bottom line: Avoid m4 footprint library.

Regards,
Colin


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