Re: gEDA-user: Some problems

[Dan McMahill <dan-atMUNGEDmcmahill_dot_net>]

Stefan Salewski wrote:
>>>gsch2pcb generates a file test.pcb with these corrupted lines:
>>>
>>>	Mark(25 110)
>>>)-95P-280L1-5N__LTC_S5_Package(SOT23-95P-280L1-5N__LTC_S5_Package,U?,unknown)
>>>Layer(1 "solder")
>>>
>>>I guess that the problem may be the name of the footprint, but the name does not
>>>contain illegal characters?
> 
> 
>>Try without any "-" characters in it, they confuse M4. Depending on what
>>version you have installed, and whether you rely on any M4, or "oldlib"
>>footprints, you could try:
> 
> 
>>gsch2pcb --skip-m4 ...
> 
> 
>>Regards,
> 
> 
>>Peter C
> 
> 
> --skip-m4 does not help, but removing all 3 "-" solves the problem.
> 
> I am using gsch2pcb 1.6, geda20070216

that is wierd.

would you mind running with "--skip-m4" and also "-v -v" and sending me 
what gets printed out?

--skip-m4 really really should have made this problem go away if you're 
using the one from geda-20070216.  The fact that it didn't help says 
there is a bug and one I'd like to squish.

Thanks
-Dan


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