Index: trunk/src/conf.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/conf.h	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src/conf.h	(revision 20364)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 			const char **__in__ = __n__->val.string; \
 			if (__in__ == NULL) \
 				continue; \
-			pcb_path_resolve(*__in__, &__path__, 0); \
+			pcb_path_resolve(*__in__, &__path__, 0, pcb_false); \
 			res = call; \
 			free(__path__); \
 			if (res == 0) \
Index: trunk/src/hid_cfg.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/hid_cfg.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src/hid_cfg.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 		int fn_len = strlen(fn);
 
 		doc = NULL;
-		pcb_paths_resolve_all(hid_cfg_paths_in, paths, fn_len+32);
+		pcb_paths_resolve_all(hid_cfg_paths_in, paths, fn_len+32, pcb_false);
 		for(p = paths; *p != NULL; p++) {
 			if (doc == NULL) {
 				char *end = *p + strlen(*p);
Index: trunk/src/paths.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/paths.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src/paths.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@
 								char path[256], *q;
 								size_t len = end - start;
 								if (len > sizeof(path) - 1) {
-									pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): can't resolve $() conf var, name too long: %s\n", start);
+									if (!(flags & PCB_SUBST_QUIET))
+										pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): can't resolve $() conf var, name too long: %s\n", start);
 									goto error;
 								}
 								memcpy(path, start, len);
@@ -216,11 +217,13 @@
 										*q = '/';
 								cn = conf_get_field(path);
 								if (cn == NULL) {
-									pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): can't resolve $(%s) conf var: not found in the conf tree\n", path);
+									if (!(flags & PCB_SUBST_QUIET))
+										pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): can't resolve $(%s) conf var: not found in the conf tree\n", path);
 									goto error;
 								}
 								if (cn->type != CFN_STRING) {
-									pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): can't resolve $(%s) conf var: value type is not string\n", path);
+									if (!(flags & PCB_SUBST_QUIET))
+										pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): can't resolve $(%s) conf var: value type is not string\n", path);
 									goto error;
 								}
 								if (cn->val.string[0] != NULL)
@@ -228,7 +231,8 @@
 								curr = end+1;
 							}
 							else {
-								pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): unterminated $(%s)\n", start);
+								if (!(flags & PCB_SUBST_QUIET))
+									pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "pcb_strdup_subst(): unterminated $(%s)\n", start);
 								goto error;
 							}
 							break;
@@ -276,21 +280,24 @@
 	return pcb_strdup_subst_(template, cb, ctx, flags, 0);
 }
 
-void pcb_paths_resolve(const char **in, char **out, int numpaths, unsigned int extra_room)
+void pcb_paths_resolve(const char **in, char **out, int numpaths, unsigned int extra_room, int quiet)
 {
+	pcb_strdup_subst_t flags = PCB_SUBST_ALL;
+	if (quiet)
+		flags |= PCB_SUBST_QUIET;
 	for (; numpaths > 0; numpaths--, in++, out++)
-		*out = pcb_strdup_subst_(*in, pcb_build_fn_cb, NULL, PCB_SUBST_ALL, extra_room);
+		*out = pcb_strdup_subst_(*in, pcb_build_fn_cb, NULL, flags, extra_room);
 }
 
-void pcb_path_resolve(const char *in, char **out, unsigned int extra_room)
+void pcb_path_resolve(const char *in, char **out, unsigned int extra_room, int quiet)
 {
-	pcb_paths_resolve(&in, out, 1, extra_room);
+	pcb_paths_resolve(&in, out, 1, extra_room, quiet);
 }
 
-char *pcb_path_resolve_inplace(char *in, unsigned int extra_room)
+char *pcb_path_resolve_inplace(char *in, unsigned int extra_room, int quiet)
 {
 	char *out;
-	pcb_path_resolve(in, &out, extra_room);
+	pcb_path_resolve(in, &out, extra_room, quiet);
 	free(in);
 	return out;
 }
Index: trunk/src/paths.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/paths.h	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src/paths.h	(revision 20364)
@@ -30,24 +30,25 @@
 
 /* Allocate *out and copy the path from in to out, replacing ~ with conf_core.rc.path.home
    If extra_room is non-zero, allocate this many bytes extra for each slot;
-   this leaves some room to append a file name. */
-void pcb_path_resolve(const char *in, char **out, unsigned int extra_room);
+   this leaves some room to append a file name. If quiet is non-zero, suppress
+   error messages. */
+void pcb_path_resolve(const char *in, char **out, unsigned int extra_room, int quiet);
 
 /* Same as resolve_path, but it returns the pointer to the new path and calls
    free() on in */
-char *pcb_path_resolve_inplace(char *in, unsigned int extra_room);
+char *pcb_path_resolve_inplace(char *in, unsigned int extra_room, int quiet);
 
 
 /* Resolve all paths from a in[] into out[](should be large enough) */
-void pcb_paths_resolve(const char **in, char **out, int numpaths, unsigned int extra_room);
+void pcb_paths_resolve(const char **in, char **out, int numpaths, unsigned int extra_room, int quiet);
 
 /* Resolve all paths from a char *in[] into a freshly allocated char **out */
-#define pcb_paths_resolve_all(in, out, extra_room) \
+#define pcb_paths_resolve_all(in, out, extra_room, quiet) \
 do { \
 	int __numpath__ = sizeof(in) / sizeof(char *); \
 	if (__numpath__ > 0) { \
 		out = malloc(sizeof(char *) * __numpath__); \
-		pcb_paths_resolve(in, out, __numpath__, extra_room); \
+		pcb_paths_resolve(in, out, __numpath__, extra_room, quiet); \
 	} \
 } while(0)
 
Index: trunk/src/pcb-printf.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/pcb-printf.h	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src/pcb-printf.h	(revision 20364)
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@
 	PCB_SUBST_CONF = 4,
 	PCB_SUBST_BACKSLASH = 8, /* substitute \ sequences as printf(3) does */
 
-	PCB_SUBST_ALL = 0xff
+	PCB_SUBST_ALL = 0x7f, /* substitute all, but do not enable quiet */
+
+	PCB_SUBST_QUIET = 0x80
 } pcb_strdup_subst_t;
 
 /* Substitute template using cb, leaving extra room at the end and append the
Index: trunk/src/plug_io.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/plug_io.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src/plug_io.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 	start = clock();
 #endif
 
-	pcb_path_resolve(Filename, &new_filename, 0);
+	pcb_path_resolve(Filename, &new_filename, 0, pcb_false);
 
 	oldPCB = PCB;
 	PCB = newPCB;
Index: trunk/src_plugins/dialogs/dlg_pref_lib.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/dialogs/dlg_pref_lib.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/dialogs/dlg_pref_lib.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	conf_loop_list_str(&conf_core.rc.library_search_paths, i, s, idx) {
 		char *tmp;
 		cell[0] = pcb_strdup(i->payload);
-		pcb_path_resolve(cell[0], &tmp, 0);
+		pcb_path_resolve(cell[0], &tmp, 0, pcb_false);
 		cell[1] = pcb_strdup(tmp);
 		cell[2] = pcb_strdup((i->prop.src->file_name == NULL ? SRC_BRD : i->prop.src->file_name));
 		cell[3] = NULL;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	cell_edit_ctx_t *ctx = caller_data;
 	char *tmp;
 
-	pcb_path_resolve(ctx->dlg[ctx->wpath].default_val.str_value, &tmp, 0);
+	pcb_path_resolve(ctx->dlg[ctx->wpath].default_val.str_value, &tmp, 0, pcb_true);
 	if (tmp != NULL)
 		PCB_DAD_SET_VALUE(hid_ctx, ctx->wexp, str_value, tmp);
 }
Index: trunk/src_plugins/fp_fs/fp_fs.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/fp_fs/fp_fs.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/fp_fs/fp_fs.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
 
 	sprintf(working_, "%s%c%s", toppath, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_C, subdir);
-	pcb_path_resolve(working_, &working, 0);
+	pcb_path_resolve(working_, &working, 0, pcb_false);
 
 	/* Return error if the root is not a directory, to give other fp_ plugins a chance */
 	if ((is_root) && (!pcb_is_dir(working))) {
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 		memcpy(path, p, end - p);
 		path[end - p] = '\0';
 
-		pcb_path_resolve(path, &fpath, 0);
+		pcb_path_resolve(path, &fpath, 0, pcb_false);
 /*		fprintf(stderr, " in '%s'\n", fpath);*/
 
 		fp_fs_list(&pcb_library, fpath, 1, fp_search_cb, &ctx, 1, 0);
Index: trunk/src_plugins/gpmi/pcb-gpmi/gpmi_plugin/gpmi_plugin.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/gpmi/pcb-gpmi/gpmi_plugin/gpmi_plugin.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/gpmi/pcb-gpmi/gpmi_plugin/gpmi_plugin.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@
 	const char *home;
 	void **gpmi_asm_scriptname;
 
-	libdirg = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(PCBLIBDIR, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins", NULL), 0);
-	libdirh = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(PCBLIBDIR, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL), 0);
-	wdirh = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat("plugins" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL), 0);
+	libdirg = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(PCBLIBDIR, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins", NULL), 0, pcb_false);
+	libdirh = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(PCBLIBDIR, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL), 0, pcb_false);
+	wdirh = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat("plugins" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL), 0, pcb_false);
 	wdir = pcb_concat("plugins", NULL);
 
 	home = getenv ("PCB_RND_GPMI_HOME");
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 	if (home == NULL)
 		home = conf_core.rc.path.home;
 
-	hdirh = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(home, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".pcb" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL), 0);
+	hdirh = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(home, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".pcb" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL), 0, pcb_false);
 
 	pcb_message(PCB_MSG_DEBUG, "gpmi dirs: lg=%s lh=%s wh=%s w=%s hh=%s\n", libdirg, libdirh, wdirh, wdir, hdirh);
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 	if (home != NULL) {
 		hid_gpmi_load_dir (hdirh, 0);
 
-		dir = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(home, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".pcb" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins", NULL), 0);
+		dir = pcb_path_resolve_inplace(pcb_concat(home, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S ".pcb" PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugins", NULL), 0, pcb_false);
 		hid_gpmi_load_dir(dir, 1);
 		free(dir);
 	}
Index: trunk/src_plugins/import_mentor_sch/mentor_sch.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/import_mentor_sch/mentor_sch.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/import_mentor_sch/mentor_sch.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 	conf_loop_list_str(&conf_mentor.plugins.import_mentor_sch.map_search_paths, item, item_str, idx) {
 		char *p; 
-		pcb_path_resolve(item_str, &p, 0);
+		pcb_path_resolve(item_str, &p, 0, pcb_false);
 		if (p != NULL) {
 			cnt += nethlp_load_part_map(&nhctx, p);
 			free(p);
Index: trunk/src_plugins/lib_gtk_config/gui-config.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/lib_gtk_config/gui-config.c	(revision 20363)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/lib_gtk_config/gui-config.c	(revision 20364)
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
 {
 	if ((nd != NULL) && (col == 1)) {
 		char *out;
-		pcb_path_resolve(nd->data.text.value, &out, 0);
+		pcb_path_resolve(nd->data.text.value, &out, 0, pcb_false);
 		return out;
 	}
 	return NULL;