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Re: CvPcb change.

 

Thanks Adam.  I tested it on windows and I'm sure Dick tested it on linux.


On 6/7/2015 6:45 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> I can test OS X this week.
> 
> On Jun 7, 2015 3:25 PM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     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
>     <mailto: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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