[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #759: r.patch non-functional in WinGRASS 6.4 svn on Vista

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#759: r.patch non-functional in WinGRASS 6.4 svn on Vista
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  Reporter:  cmbarton         |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  critical         |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Raster           |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  r.patch, wingrass        
  Platform:  MSWindows Vista  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Comment (by hamish):

 Replying to [comment:13 glynn]:
 > [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx]

 if it is only for 32bit Vista, that will go away soon.
 Any Windows 7 and/or 64 bit users around to test?


 > Also:
 >
 > 1. Is this caused (in whole or in part) by GRASS being installed
 > somewhere other than the "Program Files" directory? If it is,
 > then I care even less. If there are still problems with spaces
 > in $GISBASE, we should fix them, rather than expecting GRASS to
 > be installed somewhere else.

 I'm not sure if this is relevant at run time or only at build time, but
 fwiw the MSys devs seem completely uninterested in fixing spaces in
 pathnames issues. They've thrown that class of bugs in the "too hard,
 won't even try" pile. I've had a patch in their tracker for 6 months with
 no action and 2 of 3 commenting devs recommending "wontfix".

 see #629 and,
 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2808978&group_id=2435&atid=102435
 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=1511614&group_id=2435


 for now I have posted the r.patch work-around solution on the Errata
 section of the CompileOnWindows trac wiki page.


 Hamish

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