From 1ef41905894fc9a719fae4b1d9c32705a0c6d63e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Edwards <tim@opencircuitdesign.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 09:57:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Corrected issue with parent and child cells in completely
 different directories starting from root getting the root directory "/"
 removed from the front of the child cell path.

---
 VERSION         | 2 +-
 database/DBio.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 00c75c67..c1cda334 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.53
+8.3.54
diff --git a/database/DBio.c b/database/DBio.c
index 8508c711..3f662eed 100644
--- a/database/DBio.c
+++ b/database/DBio.c
@@ -3173,6 +3173,10 @@ dbWriteCellFunc(cellUse, cdarg)
 	    }
 	    else
 		break;
+
+	    /* If there are no common components, then restore the leading '/' */
+	    if ((*pathorigin == '/') && (pathstart == pathorigin + 1))
+		pathstart = pathorigin;
 	}
 	if (pathend != NULL)
 	{