From 4be6a27a396dfc76fda838a479c5a4dc8bfc5709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Young <jeff@rokeby.ie>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 18:25:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Report error when pin for backannotate can't be found.

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/6263
---
 eeschema/tools/backannotate.cpp | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eeschema/tools/backannotate.cpp b/eeschema/tools/backannotate.cpp
index f1d0b63aa9..0fabca2e89 100644
--- a/eeschema/tools/backannotate.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/tools/backannotate.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,18 @@ void BACK_ANNOTATE::applyChangelist()
                 const wxString& pinNumber = entry.first;
                 const wxString& shortNetName = entry.second;
                 SCH_PIN*        pin = comp->GetPin( pinNumber );
-                SCH_CONNECTION* conn = pin ? pin->Connection( &ref.GetSheetPath() ) : nullptr;
+
+                if( !pin )
+                {
+                    msg.Printf( _( "Cannot find \"%s\" pin \"%s\"." ),
+                                ref.GetFullRef(),
+                                pinNumber );
+                    m_reporter.ReportHead( msg, RPT_SEVERITY_ERROR );
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                SCH_CONNECTION* conn = pin->Connection( &ref.GetSheetPath() );
 
                 wxString key = shortNetName + ref.GetSheetPath().PathAsString();