#1178: WinGrass: g.extension - problem with path to $GISBASE
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Reporter: hellik | Owner:
grass-...@…
Type: defect | Status:
new
Priority: major | Milestone:
6.4.1
Component: Installation | Version:
svn-releasebranch64
Keywords: wingrass, g.extension, path, installation, addons | Platform:
MSWindows Vista
Cpu: x86-32 |
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Comment(by hellik):
Replying to [comment:19 hamish]:
> {{{
> FileOpen $0 $INSTALL_DIR\msys\etc\fstab w
> IfErrors done_create_fstab
> FileWrite $0 '$INST_DIR_SHORT /grass$\r$\n'
> }}}
>
> IIRC the fstab file was one of the MSys dev's "we don't support spaces
in path names and won't even accept bugfix patches" fun times. (/etc/fstab
is whitespace delimited)
>
> Should we (can we?) rewrite that file each time at program startup to
reflect the current shortname version of the path?
>
for this maybe (?) write access is needed in C:\Program
Files\GRASS-64-SVN\, but I don't know if this is guaranteed on every
windows-installation (see stats.out from r.terraflow).
Helmut
p.s. the windows-world seems to be a little bit mysterious
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1178#comment:20>
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