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Re: CvPcb change.

 

Hi Nick,

All is fine here on Xubuntu x64.

Also, thanks to Dick for the contribution.

Regards,

Carl

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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