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From:	Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Message about more than one component found.
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Hi Girvin,

On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> I just about have my schematic done and ready for PCB. However, I am 
> still getting some annoying messages when the schematic file is loaded:
>
>     Message: More than one component found with name [generic-power.sym]
>
> [...] I am not sure if these messages will cause problems with the tools 
> I need to create a PCB design, so I am concerned about fixing them. Does 
> anyone know what is causing this and how to fix it?

this message is printed when gEDA/gaf looks up a symbol and finds multiple 
symbol files with a matching filename.  This means that either there are 
multiple "generic-power.sym" in one library, or more than one library has 
a "generic-power.sym".

If these are the same file (e.g. because one library has erroneously been 
included multiple times), this message can safely be ignored.  Otherwise, 
it indicates a potential error source since gEDA/gaf just picks one of the 
"generic-power.sym" and proceeds.  (It may be argued this should be a hard 
error instead of a warning.)

The solution is simple: make sure there is only one "generic-power.sym" in 
your library.

Roland

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