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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks!

I've been tracking a macOS issue that I thought was a packaging issue, but
I think needs to be fixed in KiCad.
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-mac-builder/issues/227

Basically, the BOM Generator dialog is running python but it's running the
system python (with the bundled python's libraries :D).  We want it to run
the bundled python.  When users modify the command to use the bundled
python, it works fine.

So I dug into it, and we fix the PATH so that when something from pcbnew
runs "python", it runs the right python on both macOS and Windows.

https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/27d57d9191d0807722f2cd2b6b61cdb67e247612/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp#L260

So, code organization-wise, what's the best way to run something similar in
eeschema?  Do we do it in a more global area?  Do we pull it into a
function and call it in both places?

I'm handy with C++ and Kicad building, but I have zero intuition for how
things are arranged in the code base--I just haven't spent that much time
on it.  Any tips or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks folks!