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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wayne,

I was having no luck with FP_LIB_TABLE::ConvertFromLegacy() which was based on assumptions
no longer in play.  Please see this comment at line 174 of
cvpcb/readwrite_dlgs.cpp:

#if 0

    This code block was based on two major assumptions that are no longer true:
    1) Footprint library basenames would remain the same.
    (But no, basenames have been renamed in the github repo.)
    2) *.mod files would still be around and merely reside in the FP_LIB_TABLE.
    (But no, they have been converted to *.pretty.)

    There is a newer replacement code block in the #else region.


If you don't like what I've replaced it with, please let me know, I am at your service.

I do have a nice old project that I can run this against, and it does what it can now, all
of which is good.  Before nothing good was happening, because assumption 2) above is
definitely not valid on my system.


Dick