My gEDA distribution shipped with Gentoo-Linux comes with many m4 footprints, but with very few newlib footprints.
So i started using m4, ignoring the warnings in the documentation. After reading http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_add_a_footprint_library_to_pcb more carefully "...M4 footprints more complicated, but many of them are broken. That is, lots of footprints which appear in the M4 libraries can’t be made to netlist correctly by gsch2pcb.", it is not surprising to me that i had trouble trying to use m4 footprint CONN_USB. Now I will try to download and install newlib footprints from http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html and prefer using these. I think shipping gEDA/gaf with very few newlib footprints and broken m4 footsprints is very harmful for new users. Best regards Stefan Salewski _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
