add footprint library expects 2 directories

Bug #699572 reported by nobody
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gEDA project
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
pcb
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

In 20060822 if you try to add a directory via the
file-->preferences-->libraries ... the footprints will
only show up in the library browser if they are in a
subdirectory of the one you've added.

i.e. the fp library browser finds footprints in a
subdirectory of the one you've added but not the
_actual_ directory you've added.

I am unable to add a library manually to system-wide
pcb scripts using Pcb.elementPath ... and there is
something about these libraries getting added at
compilation. So I don't know if you can still add a
library this way. At any rate, I wasn't able to
simulate the above behavior manually.

Revision history for this message
DJ Delorie (djdelorie) wrote :

Moving to the feature request tracker as "support arbitrary trees" is a feature request. I think we support top-level footprints now anyway.

Revision history for this message
Felix Ruoff (felixruoff) wrote :

Just want to mention, that lp:699570 seems to be related to this bug. So, if someone works on this issue, perhaps he/she/it can close both feature-request in one time. (Perhaps, these bugs can be marked as duplicates, but I am not really sure...)

Changed in pcb:
status: New → Confirmed
Traumflug (mah-jump-ing)
Changed in geda-project:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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