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)?
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?
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