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Op 06-05-2023 om 01:43 schreef David W. Schultz 
(david DOT schultz AT earthlink DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]:
> On 5/5/23 4:26 PM, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via 
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> Is it still possible to use these symbols to connect nets? If not, 
>> what function do they serve, and how should they be used?
>>
>>
> Yes. I ran into a similar problem in March, which turned out to be 
> some instances of an output symbol having a "netname=" defined in 
> addition to a net=something:1.
>
> I have always had to include a pin number here.
>
> No refdes defined either. Just a device, value and net.

Ah, yes, that was the problem: I used to have the net:pin definition 
"net=[name]:1" (not visible), together with "netname=[name]" (visible) 
-- but for some reason, it is no longer allowed to have both a net and a 
netname attribute defined. So some older, larger designs now throw 
dozens of errors all of a sudden.

Apparently, this can be fixed by replacing the netname attribute with 
the value attribute -- which is a simple matter of search & replace in a 
text editor, so I won't have to modify all those elements by hand.

OK, problem solved, thanks for the clue!


Best regards,

Richard Rasker

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