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[Marco Mattila <marcom99@xxxxxxxxx>]

This was changed in revision 2559. The reason was "Fix bug that
prevented component from being replaced in library when the component
root name was changed." I don't quite get the point, though. What
exactly was the bug? Value != component name? Is there something that
could be done to enable copying components the way Karl described it?
Or is there another way? Maybe Wayne Stambaugh has some comments?

marco

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Karl Schmidt <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If I go into libedit - open a part and change the Value field - it will
> Change the value of Value, but won't let me me create it as a new part.
>
> It also appears that the cache gets messed up - I see the old name - select
> it, but get the newly modified lib part. Closing and opening eeschema fixes
> the cache problem.
>
> There used to be a way to modify an existing part and save as a new part.
> Not sure when this crept in -- 20100909 or earlier?