Thanks, working on it. Adam Wolf Cofounder and Engineer W&L
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Johannes Maibaum <jmaib...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I came across the following error when trying to load footprints in PCBnew > today: > > Errors were encountered loading footprints > IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty' does not exist > from > /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp > : > FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804 > IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules/Buttons_Switches_SMD.pretty' does not exist > from > /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp > : > FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804 > IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules/Transistors_TO-220.pretty' does not exist > from > /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp > : > FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804 > IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules/Buttons_Switches_ThroughHole.pretty' does not exist > from > /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp > : > FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804 > IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules/Transistors_TO-247.pretty' does not exist > from > /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp > : > FootprintEnumerate() : line 1804 > > A quick search in the Bugtracker shows that is related to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1426754 > > In my case, however, I don't think that a wrong setting of KISYSMOD is the > cause, but rather > that there is a mismatch between the path string *after* the KISYSMOD part > in the fp-lib- > table, and the actual structure of the libraries in the extras bundle. > Take, for example, the > first IO_ERROR, it says: > > IO_ERROR: footprint library path '/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty' does not exist > > The corresponding line from the fp-lib-table looks like this: > > (lib (name Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID)(type KiCad)(uri > ${KISYSMOD}/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty)(options "")(descr > HAMxx31A_HDMxx31A)) > > So, KISYSMOD seems to be set correctly to "/Library/Application > Support/kicad/modules", but inside there is simply no folder called > "Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty". Instead, all the > .kicad_mod files from this sub-library are located *directly* inside > modules/: > > Johannes-Maibaums-MacBook-Pro:kicad jm$ pwd; find . -name > Neosid_Air-\*.kicad_mod > /Library/Application Support/kicad > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_1turn_HDM0131A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_2turn_HAM0231A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_2turn_HDM0231A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_3turn_HAM0331A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_3turn_HDM0331A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_4turn_HAM0431A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_4turn_HDM0431A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_5turn_HAM0531A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_5turn_HDM0531A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_6-10turn_HDM0431A-HDM1031A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_6turn-10turn_HAM0631A-HAM1031A.kicad_mod > ./modules/Neosid_Air-Coil_SML_6turn_HAM0631A.kicad_mod > > This also holds true for all other footprint libraries: in the > fp-lib-table, they are listed > in to be in their respective *.pretty sub folders, but actually, they are > directly located > inside the modules/ folder. > > This issue seems to be existing since the first official nightly, as I > also checked both the > first available extras.dmg (from February 20) and the one from today > (March 2), both their > modules/ folders look the same in this respect, so this issue seems to be > existing from the > beginning. > > I think the modules/ folder inside the extras needs to be rearranged to > contain all libraries > inside their subfolders with the ".pretty" postfix, as stated in the > fp-lib-table. > > > Best, > Johannes > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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