Index: trunk/src/file.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/file.c	(revision 309)
+++ trunk/src/file.c	(revision 310)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 static int WritePCBFile (char *);
 static int WritePipe (char *, bool);
 static int ParseLibraryTree (void);
-static int LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(const char *subdir, const char *toppath);
+static int LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(const char *subdir, const char *toppath, int is_root);
 static const char *pcb_basename (const char *p);
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(const char *subdir, const char *toppath)
+static int LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(const char *subdir, const char *toppath, int is_root)
 {
 	LibraryMenuTypePtr menu = NULL; /* Pointer to PCB's library menu structure */
 	list_st_t l;
@@ -1246,12 +1246,12 @@
   l.subdirs = NULL;
 	l.children = 0;
 
-  pcb_fp_list(working, 0, list_cb, &l);
+  pcb_fp_list(working, 0, list_cb, &l, is_root);
 
 	/* now recurse to each subdirectory mapped in the previous call;
 	   by now we don't care if menu is ruined by the realloc() in GetLibraryMenuMemory() */
 	for(d = l.subdirs; d != NULL; d = nextd) {
-		l.children+=LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(d->subdir, d->parent);
+		l.children+=LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(d->subdir, d->parent, 0);
 		nextd = d->next;
 		free(d->subdir);
 		free(d->parent);
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@
 #endif
 
       /* Next read in any footprints in the top level dir */
-      n_footprints += LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(".", toppath);
+      n_footprints += LoadNewlibFootprintsFromDir(".", toppath, 1);
     }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
Index: trunk/src/libpcb_fp.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/libpcb_fp.c	(revision 309)
+++ trunk/src/libpcb_fp.c	(revision 310)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	return PCB_FP_INVALID;
 }
 
-int pcb_fp_list(const char *subdir, int recurse, int (*cb) (void *cookie, const char *subdir, const char *name, pcb_fp_type_t type), void *cookie)
+int pcb_fp_list(const char *subdir, int recurse, int (*cb) (void *cookie, const char *subdir, const char *name, pcb_fp_type_t type), void *cookie, int subdir_may_not_exist)
 {
 	char olddir[MAXPATHLEN + 1];	/* The directory we start out in (cwd) */
 	char fn[MAXPATHLEN + 1], *fn_end;
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@
 	}
 
 	if (chdir(subdir)) {
-		ChdirErrorMessage(subdir);
+		if (!subdir_may_not_exist)
+			ChdirErrorMessage(subdir);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@
 			if ((S_ISDIR(buffer.st_mode)) || (S_ISLNK(buffer.st_mode))) {
 				cb(cookie, subdir, subdirentry->d_name, PCB_FP_DIR);
 				if (recurse) {
-					n_footprints += pcb_fp_list(fn, recurse, cb, cookie);
+					n_footprints += pcb_fp_list(fn, recurse, cb, cookie, 0);
 				}
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@
 		memcpy(path, p, end-p);
 		path[end-p] = '\0';
 /*		printf(" in '%s'\n", path);*/
-		pcb_fp_list(path, 1, pcb_fp_search_cb, &ctx);
+		pcb_fp_list(path, 1, pcb_fp_search_cb, &ctx, 1);
 		if (ctx.path != NULL) {
 			sprintf(path, "%s%c%s", ctx.path, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_C, basename);
 			free(ctx.path);
Index: trunk/src/libpcb_fp.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/libpcb_fp.h	(revision 309)
+++ trunk/src/libpcb_fp.h	(revision 310)
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 } pcb_fp_type_t;
 
 /* List all symbols, optionally recursively, from CWD/subdir. For each symbol
-   or subdir, call the callback. Ignore file names starting with .*/
-int pcb_fp_list(const char *subdir, int recurse,  int (*cb)(void *cookie, const char *subdir, const char *name, pcb_fp_type_t type), void *cookie);
+   or subdir, call the callback. Ignore file names starting with
+   If subdir_may_not_exist is non-zero, don't complain if the top subdir does not exist .*/
+int pcb_fp_list(const char *subdir, int recurse,  int (*cb)(void *cookie, const char *subdir, const char *name, pcb_fp_type_t type), void *cookie, int subdir_may_not_exist);
 
 /* Decide about the type of a footprint file by reading the content*/
 pcb_fp_type_t pcb_fp_file_type(const char *fn);