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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You commented in that bug report with the details.  Usually, commenting in
open reports with examples that show the issue is sufficient.

If the issue were already closed, then opening a new report and referencing
the old one is preferred.

Seth

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 10:48 AM Steven A. Falco <stevenfalco@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I recently reopened an issue [1] because I found an old schematic that
> could be opened properly by 5.1, but which gave "missing symbol" boxes when
> opened with 6.0 and 6.99.
>
> However, while the effect is the same, the root cause may be different, so
> maybe reopening the bug was the wrong approach.  Should I instead start a
> new bug for this?
>
> Looking at the .sch files, the original has entries like:
>
> $Comp
> L RES-10M-5%-1/4W-CF R5
> ...
> $EndComp
>
> But after opening and saving the schematic with 5.1, this component has
> changed to:
>
> $Comp
> L e202var-vlf-radio-receiver-rescue:RES-10M-5%-1_4W-CF R5
> ...
> $EndComp
>
> At that point, 6.0 and 6.99 can correctly open the newly saved schematic.
>
> Thus, it looks like 6.0 and 6.99 have lost the ability to deal with a "/"
> in a component name.  I don't know if any other special characters also
> fall into this category.
>
>         Steve
>
> [1] https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/11563
>
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