gEDA-user: Another m4 problem.... SOLVED and broken Footprint :|

[John Luciani]

On 1/14/07, Lares Moreau <lares.moreau at gmail.com> wrote:
> Really Solved the problem...
>
> It's the Footprint afterall.
>
> QFP-80P-1780L1-1780L2-64N is the culprit. I don't know why... but it seems to be.
>
> I can use the symbol I made with any other 64N and it works just fine. I tried two other >symbols with 64 pins and they fail with the above Footprint. :|
>
> I looked at it, but can't seem to find why it's doing something weird.
>
> Thanks DJ, and
> ping luciani
>
> -Lares

This problem has happened a few times. I believe it is due to the way that the
m4 macros parse the footprint name. A few options ---  (1) fix the m4
macro or (2) rename the footprint or (3) move the m4 macro libraries
so they are never called.

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