On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 05:41:46PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2023/02/28 10:02, Tracey Emery wrote: > > Ping. > > > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 03:53:11PM -0700, Tracey Emery wrote: > > > Hello ports, > > > > > > This brings kicad and friends to 6.0.11. However, something was updated > > > in the BSDs which crashes the footprint assignment tool. The thread > > > regarding this can be seen here: > > > > > > https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/13029 > > > > > > The kicad folks don't seem interested in trying to figure out the root > > > of the problem. Perhaps someone here can hunt down what is going on. > > > > > > As of 6.0.10 they were supposed to cherrypick a diff to keep kicad from > > > crashing completely, but it still doesn't exists in the archive > > > downloads. I've informed them about that as well and added a local > > > patch: > > > > > > https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/1a670f467392fb6605ce1b88316501518a256eb0 > > > > > > If you haven't read through the end of the issues thread, a FreeBSD user > > > found a workaround, which I've confirmed works in OpenBSD as well. To > > > successfully open a populated footprint assignment tool, open the > > > footprint editor first. Noting that here for our users. > > Reads OK but I haven't tested. > > Does that problem warrant a mention in the port somewhere (i.e. > either MESSAGE or pkg-readme)?
Is this clear enough? Index: kicad/pkg/MESSAGE =================================================================== RCS file: kicad/pkg/MESSAGE diff -N kicad/pkg/MESSAGE --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 +++ kicad/pkg/MESSAGE 28 Feb 2023 22:21:16 -0000 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Please note that the footprint assignment tool will not repopulate after +assignments have been made and KiCAD is closed. This can be avoided by opening +the footprint editor before trying to reopen the footprint assignment tool. A +patch has been added to keep the footprint assignment tool from crashing KiCAD. + +https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/13029 > > I can't rearrange enough space on my laptop to install kicad, the > upstream issue suggests something to do with loading libraries? > Maybe look for clues running it with LD_DEBUG set? > -- Tracey Emery
