1.8.3 malformed SAMD custom board config breaks arduino-cli
stonehippo opened this issue · 3 comments
The currently released version (1.8.3) fails to parse correctly when used with Arduino-cli. For example, when listing boards with arduino-clo board list and the Sparkfun board definitions installed, the following error occurs:
Error initializing instance: loading platform release SparkFun:samd@1.8.3: loading boards: skipping loading of boards SparkFun:samd:samd51_thing_plus, SparkFun:samd:micromod_samd51: malformed custom board options
The fix for this is to add menu.cache=Cache to the boards.txt file. This change has already been made in the repo, but it looks like it’s not yet released.
Any details on the release of 1.8.4?
Which Board Manager URL are you using?
I think the current URL in the README.md is obsolete:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sparkfun/Arduino_Boards/master/IDE_Board_Manager/package_sparkfun_index.json
You might try using the secret new URL (note master -> main below, I have no recollection where I got this):
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sparkfun/Arduino_Boards/main/IDE_Board_Manager/package_sparkfun_index.json
That gives me 1.8.4 in the Board Manager, but I'm not sure if it is actually released for not. I get no notifications on the Release Notifications for this GitHub repo, and I don't see any Release artifacts either.
Ah! That's it. The repo switched to the main branch convention, and that switched the URL. Resolved, and thanks!
I have submitted #91 to update to the new board manager JSON URL (main), since the old one (master) is a cached version that won’t be getting any further updates.