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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Message about more than one component found. - SOLVED
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On 1/23/20 5:11 AM, Roland Lutz wrote:
> 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

Hi Roland,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Thanks for the explanation. Yes, I did copy this symbol from the gEDA 
library without renaming it. So it is in my local library and the gEDA 
distribution library as the same name.

I renamed my copy and replaced the old named symbols with the new named 
symbol in the schematic, saved and reloaded the schematic and the 
messages are gone! So that was the problem.

Now, thanks to your explanation, I know how this message is generated 
and I will make note of it for the future.

I agree that this could cause instability by not knowing which symbol is 
used. Maybe clearing up the message is in order if there is opposition 
to making it an error.

Thanks again.

Girvin