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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just checked both 32 and 64 bit builds on windows and I don't have any
issues no matter how I launch pcbnew, KiCad, EEschema, or stand alone.

On 6/7/2015 4:11 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> I just tied to pull those changes, but now I get a segfault when
> starting pcbnew from the kicad app.
> 
> I could possibly be some other stuff that I did not revert in my
> workspace before the build. The backtrace looks funny:
> http://dpaste.com/0DF8RP8
> 
> Could anyone just try to verify weather or not it crashes if you start
> kicad with a project and then open pcbnew form there?    I guess this
> should preferable be tested on a linux system to verify. (Trace looks
> gtk related)
> 
> 2015-06-07 20:20 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> I just committed a patch (r5718) from Dick that should greatly simplify
>> the process of footprint assignment using cvpcb.  This patch does away
>> with using the intermediate *.cmp file and directly updates the s-expr
>> netlist via kiway express messaging.  This means there is no more stand
>> alone executable of cvpcb.  This also means that you will have to use
>> the s-expr netlist when importing in pcbnew.  If you do not normally
>> back import the footprint assignments from the *.cmp file into eeschema,
>> you will have to do this before your run cvpcb because the s-expr
>> netlist will not contain the footprint assignments until you do this.
>> This patch will eliminate one more unnecessary step when assigning
>> footprints and streamline the process.  I still need to fix the save
>> tooltip in the cvpcb toolbar since the *.cmp file does not get saved.  I
>> also need to remove the read footprints from *.cmp file in the pcbnew
>> import netlist dialog since the *.cmp can no longer be generated by
>> cvpcb.  Going forward, the *.cmp file will only be useful for back
>> importing from pcbnew to eeschema.  At some point in the future, even
>> that will go away.j  Please test this and let me know if you find any
>> issues.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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