gEDA-user: gsch2pcb : coming up empty

[John Griessen]

Andy Peters wrote:
> Happy New Year, gang ...

  I tried to run gsch2pcb to get the PCB files, using:
> 
> $  andy$ gsch2pcb -v --use-files --elements-dir 
> /Users/andy/Library/gEDA/pcb power.sch > gs.txt
> 
> and I get an odd failure.  The three components on the schematic that 
> use footprints in my library (~/Library/gEDA/pcb/asp/) are not handled 
> by the netlister.  
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   If I change
> the footprint to something in John's library (anything, it doesn't 
> matter), the component is processed properly and the footprint is found.
> 
> So, what causes gsch2pcb to crap out like this?
Have you got a file in the local dir called gafrc
with contents like:
lib-newlib = /home/john/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/footprints_pcb?

If not, and you're using the latest code, you need it.

John G

PS  your /home/john/.gEDA  dir should have:

gafrc
==================
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo")
(component-library 
"${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/two-terminal")
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/thru-hole")
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/transistors")
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/pwrgnd")
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/boards")
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/borders")
(component-library "${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/conn-smt")
(component-library 
"${HOME}/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/gschem-cibolo/ic-gull-wing")
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