From 946729f14d00b62b7673b015aad596526b12f765 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@klayout.de>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:46:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Adding forced update to Layout writer to ensure proper files.
 A warning is given.

---
 src/db/db/dbWriter.cc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/db/db/dbWriter.cc b/src/db/db/dbWriter.cc
index 94e6c6473..9738835f0 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbWriter.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbWriter.cc
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ Writer::write (db::Layout &layout, tl::OutputStream &stream)
 {
   tl::SelfTimer timer (tl::verbosity () >= 21, tl::to_string (tr ("Writing file: ")) + stream.path ());
 
+  if (layout.under_construction ()) {
+    tl::warn << tl::to_string (tr ("Cannot properly write a layout that is under construction - forcing update."));
+    layout.force_update ();
+  }
+
   tl_assert (mp_writer != 0);
   mp_writer->write (layout, stream, m_options);
 }