gEDA-dev: Re: Bug reports for gattrib

[Stephen Williams]

Stuart Brorson wrote:
>> Where is the bug tracker (if any) for the gattrib program? I find
>> that if an object has multiple attributes with the same name, the
>> gattrib program will make a mess and not write the attributes out
>> correctly.
> 
> As somebody else pointed out, put it in the main gEDA/gaf bug tracker
> on SF.
> 
> At some point in the processing, Gattrib forms a list of name/value
> pairs, using the attrib name as the key.  This is done while it is
> figuring out what the column names should be.  That's probably why
> things are getting munged.
> 
> However, my question is:  Why are you attaching attributes to the same
> component which have the same name?   Is it something like
> vendor/vendor part no. for different vendors?  And what should the
> correct behavior be?

I've used it to attach power pins in chips with lots of 'em.
The net= attribute has special, magical powers and allows me to
use a lot less space yet still make power connections visible.
(Sometimes text is more compact and expressive then pictures:-)

I caught gattrib doing ugly things to my power connections. I
only noticed when doing my PCB layout and not finding and GND
connections to the FPGA:-O

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