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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good to hear!

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Johannes Maibaum <jmaibaum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Adam,
>
> great, the new build now works for me.
>
> Again, thank you very much!
>
> Best,
> Johannes
>
> > Am 02.03.2015 um 17:59 schrieb Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >:
> >
> > Should be fixed.  It'll get picked up in tonight's nightlies, and all
> you'll have to do is grab the new extras dmg.
> >
> > I triggered a new build, but it'll be a while (3ish hours), otherwise
> midnight tonight.
> >
> > Adam Wolf
> > Cofounder and Engineer
> > W&L
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Adam Wolf <
> adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks, working on it.
> >
> > Adam Wolf
> > Cofounder and Engineer
> > W&L
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Johannes Maibaum <jmaibaum@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I came across the following error when trying to load footprints in
> PCBnew today:
> >
> >   Errors were encountered loading footprints
> >   IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application
> >   Support/kicad/modules/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty' does not exist
> >   from
> /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp
> :
> >   FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804
> >   IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application
> >   Support/kicad/modules/Buttons_Switches_SMD.pretty' does not exist
> >   from
> /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp
> :
> >   FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804
> >   IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application
> >   Support/kicad/modules/Transistors_TO-220.pretty' does not exist
> >   from
> /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp
> :
> >   FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804
> >   IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application
> >   Support/kicad/modules/Buttons_Switches_ThroughHole.pretty' does not
> exist
> >   from
> /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp
> :
> >   FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804
> >   IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application
> >   Support/kicad/modules/Transistors_TO-247.pretty' does not exist
> >   from
> /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp
> :
> >   FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804
> >
> > A quick search in the Bugtracker shows that is related to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1426754
> >
> > In my case, however, I don't think that a wrong setting of KISYSMOD is
> the cause, but rather
> > that there is a mismatch between the path string *after* the KISYSMOD
> part in the fp-lib-
> > table, and the actual structure of the libraries in the extras bundle.
> Take, for example, the
> > first IO_ERROR, it says:
> >
> >   IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application
> >   Support/kicad/modules/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty' does not exist
> >
> > The corresponding line from the fp-lib-table looks like this:
> >
> >     (lib (name Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID)(type KiCad)(uri
> ${KISYSMOD}/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty)(options "")(descr
> HAMxx31A_HDMxx31A))
> >
> > So, KISYSMOD seems to be set correctly to "/Library/Application
> Support/kicad/modules", but inside there is simply no folder called
> "Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty". Instead, all the
> > .kicad_mod files from this sub-library are located *directly* inside
> modules/:
> >
> >   Johannes-Maibaums-MacBook-Pro:kicad jm$ pwd; find . -name
> Neosid_Air-\*.kicad_mod
> >   /Library/Application Support/kicad
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_1turn_HDM0131A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_2turn_HAM0231A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_2turn_HDM0231A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_3turn_HAM0331A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_3turn_HDM0331A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_4turn_HAM0431A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_4turn_HDM0431A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_5turn_HAM0531A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_5turn_HDM0531A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_6-10turn_HDM0431A-HDM1031A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_6turn-10turn_HAM0631A-HAM1031A.kicad_mod
> >   ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_6turn_HAM0631A.kicad_mod
> >
> > This also holds true for all other footprint libraries: in the
> fp-lib-table, they are listed
> > in to be in their respective *.pretty sub folders, but actually, they
> are directly located
> > inside the modules/ folder.
> >
> > This issue seems to be existing since the first official nightly, as I
> also checked both the
> > first available extras.dmg (from February 20) and the one from today
> (March 2), both their
> > modules/ folders look the same in this respect, so this issue seems to
> be existing from the
> > beginning.
> >
> > I think the modules/ folder inside the extras needs to be rearranged to
> contain all libraries
> > inside their subfolders with the ".pretty" postfix, as stated in the
> fp-lib-table.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Johannes
> >
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