Recently-built KiCad 9.0 image doesn't look at the project-local sym-lib-table
Hello.
I had been using ghcr.io/kicad/kicad:9.0@sha256:97cedd027d7dc7e8d5fc804932f838bd208f2ca024ee8d01001c4d52ac8e666a in my project to run ERC and DRC. I noticed that the image is no longer available.
I'm trying to use the newer image, but it gives me a different result. For instance, with the new image kicad/kicad:9.0@sha256:f36b185970d398b84c095ace896046798ff60d458ce59d49669c4633c304cfbd, I cannot manage to pass ERC. According to the ERC report, it looks like KiCad doesn't look at the project-local footprint library.
Is there anything I missed? Or is that something an issue of the image?
Reproduce process
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Clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/Tosainu/gnss-7-seg-clock -b update-kicad-image $ cd gnss-7-seg-clock -
Run
docker buildx bake --no-cache --progress plain$ docker buildx bake --no-cache --progress plain (...) #6 [context kicad] kicad/kicad:9.0@sha256:f36b185970d398b84c095ace896046798ff60d458ce59d49669c4633c304cfbd #6 resolve docker.io/kicad/kicad:9.0@sha256:f36b185970d398b84c095ace896046798ff60d458ce59d49669c4633c304cfbd 0.0s done #6 CACHED #7 [stage-0 1/2] RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./hardware,target=/work cd /work && kicad-cli sch erc --exit-code-violations --format json --output ~/erc.json gnss-7-seg-clock.kicad_sch; cat ~/erc.json #7 0.314 Checking sheet names... #7 0.314 Checking bus conflicts... #7 0.314 Checking conflicts... #7 0.314 Checking units... #7 0.314 Checking footprints... #7 0.314 Checking pins... #7 0.314 Checking similar labels... #7 0.314 Checking local and global labels... #7 0.314 Checking for unresolved variables... #7 0.314 Checking no connect pins for connections... #7 0.314 Checking for library symbol issues... #7 0.314 Checking for footprint link issues... #7 0.314 Checking for off grid pins and wires... #7 0.314 Checking for labels on more than one wire... #7 0.314 Checking for undefined netclasses... #7 0.314 Found 14 violations #7 0.314 Saved ERC Report to /home/kicad/erc.json #7 0.322 { #7 0.322 "$schema": "https://schemas.kicad.org/erc.v1.json", #7 0.322 "coordinate_units": "mm", #7 0.322 "date": "2025-07-05T08:36:15+0000", #7 0.322 "kicad_version": "9.0.2", #7 0.322 "sheets": [ #7 0.322 { #7 0.322 "path": "/", #7 0.322 "uuid_path": "/592b9902-43b4-438f-aefe-a887c24591bc", #7 0.322 "violations": [ #7 0.322 { #7 0.322 "description": "The current configuration does not include the footprint library 'gnss-7-seg-clock'.", #7 0.322 "items": [ #7 0.322 { #7 0.322 "description": "Symbol U1 [SA15-11GWA]", #7 0.322 "pos": { #7 0.322 "x": 0.8255, #7 0.322 "y": 0.3556 #7 0.322 }, #7 0.322 "uuid": "157a91b9-5814-4857-ac55-72806855a617" #7 0.322 } #7 0.322 ], #7 0.322 "severity": "warning", #7 0.322 "type": "footprint_link_issues" #7 0.322 }, (...)