Comment 94 for bug 1835296

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Adam Wolf (adamwolf) wrote : Re: [Bug 1835296] Re: simulating laser_driver on macos nightly causes segfault

It is possible that we need to investigate NGSPICE::findCmPath() in
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/e5463b545514ddfc849c6985e8884d1dec5edd3b/eeschema/sim/ngspice.cpp.

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:05 AM Adam Wolf <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> It works for me on those october builds in both standalone eeschema
> and in regular kicad, in Applications and outside of Applications.
> Please confirm that you are not starting eeschema before opening kicad
> one time. It is required that kicad be opened one time before
> starting eeschema, due to some macOS technicalities.
>
> I am no longer seeing this issue.
>
> If I build ngspice31-2 with --enable-debug=yes, then the issue comes
> back. ngspice 28 works with both debug enabled and disabled, but 31-2
> does not. I have switched nightlies to use 31-2 to --disable-debug,
> and that's what is in the October nightly builds. Holger--when you
> hear from the mac package for ngspice, that would be awesome. I would
> love to compile with the same flags as they do for increased
> compatibility reasons.
>
> I appreciate everyone's patience around this issue. I have other very
> pressing issues with macOS packaging that also need my attention, but
> I'm giving most of my attention to this ticket since it is the loudest
> :)