[Bf-committers] Library Name Problem

[Campbell Barton]

I just had a problem with linked library's

This seems something that should be simple and has ended up being fairly 
complicated with no obvious solution, its also happened to me more then 
once.


Ill simplify names just for this example

* lib.blend - has a mesh Im using in data.blend

* I needed to rename a texture in lib.blend (because these texture names 
are seen in a model library that we distribute)

* I rename the texture filename in lib.blend and replaced the image.

* when loading the data.blend, it reports
	LIB ERROR: can't find IMsome_madeup_name_1024

* This means any faces/material textures that use the image will be 
lost, manually replacing is out of the question and not something that 
can be done reliably.

* so the solution is to rename the image that was replaced so data.blend 
loads fine.

* some_madeup_name_1024 is 22 chars, the image name field's maximum 
length is 21 so I cant rename back to the original name to fix the 
linking error.

My options are to hex edit the blend file or modify the name fields 
maximum length (since the real name limit us 23)

Neither are good long term solutions.

- Cam