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From: karl AT aspodata DOT se
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Message about more than one component found. - SOLVED
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Girvin Herr:
> On 1/23/20 5:11 AM, Roland Lutz wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via 
> > geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
...
> >>     Message: More than one component found with name [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.)
...
> 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.

Well, there is opposition to making it an errer, e.g.:

http://www.delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi?p=geda-help/2012/10/12/06:05:24

Regards,
/Karl Hammar