CvPcb does not save associated footprints

[Danish Belal]

Hello,

I discovered that CvPCb does not 'store' the Footprint-association to the schematic file.
Usually I assign footprints in the schematic editor, however I have quite a lot 0,1µF Capacitors and tried to assign the correct footprint to all at once.

Assigning the footprint is no problem, saving works fine too (File -> Save). However the changes are not reflected in the schematic, even though CvPcb says "Schmematic saved" in the bottom.

I re-read the docs and noticed that the leftmost symbol in the toolbar is supposed to be a Save-Button. In my case there is no save-button in the toolbar, I saved using the menu (File->Save).

I start CvPcb from EEschema.

Kind regards,
danishbelal

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Application: kicad
Version: 5.1.2, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.64.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1b zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.1.1 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.1.1) libssh2/1.8.1 nghttp2/1.36.0
Platform: Linux 5.1.2-arch1-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.69.0
    OpenCASCADE Technology: 7.3.0
    Curl: 7.64.1
    Compiler: GCC 8.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=OFF
    KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Michael Kavanagh (michaelkavanagh)]

I can't recreate this on macOS, can you provide detailed instructions or a screen recording? Also please ensure your OS/window manager etc. is officially supported: http://kicad-pcb.org/help/system-requirements/

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

This looks like arch. But the version information is missing the commit hash. Does Arch strip this for their builds?

I cannot recreate the issue on Debian. @JohnBeard can you recreate this on Arch?

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

@Seth, when we build the tag, no sha is added to the version information. This is the same on all platforms as this is part of our cmake code.

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

@Seth, and in this case it is build from the release tarball that Wayne uploads, see https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/kicad

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

@Nick- Thanks, I missed that. Are you able to recreate this issue under Arch?

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

I just tried to test this on a new project by adding some caps, I can not reproduce the issue. Even if I click OK or save and continue in cvpcb I get the save button as an active and eeschema will notify me when I close eeschema that there are changes.

@danish-belal100, please record a video of this.

I tested on community/kicad 5.1.2-1 on archlinux.

[Danish Belal (danish-belal100)]

I just got home, started my computer and installed a screen recording software.
After starting CvPcb I was surprised -- all the footprints I assigned yesterday were actually assigned. It appears to be a display bug, as it didnt show the assigned footprints yesterday.

I have no means of explaining this behaviour, however I apologize for taking your time.

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

Feel free to comment on this if you see thebissue again.