From 847ec03f52e4efee0b96468a416344e84fae534d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@klayout.de>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:57:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Bugfix: macros will be executed automatically again after
 package installation. Maybe less restarts needed.

---
 src/lay/lay/layMacroController.cc | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layMacroController.cc b/src/lay/lay/layMacroController.cc
index 3fd678f5a..3914dc078 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layMacroController.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layMacroController.cc
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ MacroController::sync_package_paths ()
 void
 MacroController::sync_implicit_macros (bool ask_before_autorun)
 {
+  //  determine the paths currently in use
+  std::map<std::string, ExternalPathDescriptor> prev_folders_by_path;
+  for (std::vector<ExternalPathDescriptor>::const_iterator p = m_external_paths.begin (); p != m_external_paths.end (); ++p) {
+    prev_folders_by_path.insert (std::make_pair (p->path, *p));
+  }
+
   //  gets the external paths (tech, packages) into m_external_paths
   sync_macro_sources ();
 
@@ -392,12 +398,6 @@ MacroController::sync_implicit_macros (bool ask_before_autorun)
 
   } else {
 
-    //  determine the paths currently in use
-    std::map<std::string, ExternalPathDescriptor> prev_folders_by_path;
-    for (std::vector<ExternalPathDescriptor>::const_iterator p = m_external_paths.begin (); p != m_external_paths.end (); ++p) {
-      prev_folders_by_path.insert (std::make_pair (p->path, *p));
-    }
-
     //  delete macro collections which are no longer required or update description
 
     std::vector<lym::MacroCollection *> folders_to_delete;