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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

An empty pretty library should not cause a crash.  Please file a bug
report so it doesn't get lost in the mailing list.  Make sure you
include your build information in the bug report.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 2/10/2017 7:41 PM, SU Pyrow wrote:
> hello, first time posting here, not sure if this is the right place for
> this however it does effect nightly builds.
> 
> This is due to a bug I (think) I discovered when taking the current
> /kicad-library/template/fp-lib-table.pretty file from GITHUB and copying
> it to ~/.config/kicad/fp-lib-table it will crash KiCad (nightly builds)
> because there are not any MOD (Module) files in the said directories
> from GITHUB. this only happens if you use the libraries locally and use
> the script (library-repos-install.sh) to download for a localized
> install. this doesn't happen with the current stable release.
> 
> this may or not apply because with a new install of the nightly-build,
> the fp-lib-table file hasn't been created yet, if one were to use the
> wizard it works fine. however to individuals like myself who updates
> from the GITHUB libraries daily, and uses a script to update and
> automatically add libraries to fp-lib-table file, this was interesting
> to me.
> 
> these directories are in the github kicad-library/ they don't have any
> Module files in them and it causes the crash.
> Enclosures.pretty
> Housings_PGA.pretty
> Housings_LLC.pretty
> Modules.pretty
> ...
> 
> should i bother sending the updated and patched version of
> fp-lib-table.pretty ?? if you don't have anything to do with that where
> might i go with it?
> 
> 
> Thanks for your time and all your hard work!
> oh.. and OpenGL and Cairo compared to the last stable release....  WOW!
>  what a difference!!! night and day! Although, I do miss my backspace
> when laying traces and going back to the last segment...
> 
> 
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