[GRASS-user] Error updating GRASS

[Glynn Clements]

Jachym Cepicky wrote:

> > I apdated to grass6.2 in my ubuntu system using the repositories in...
> >
> > deb http://les-ejk.cz/ubuntu edgy multiverse
> > deb-src http://les-ejk.cz/ubuntu edgy multiverse
> >
> > The problem is that when opening grass it crashes everytime. The error message is:
> >
> > GRASS 6.2.1 (Europe):~ > Error in startup script: bad variable name "coords(1)": upvar won't create a scalar variable that looks like an array element
> >     while executing
> > "global coords($mon)"
> >     (procedure "MapCanvas::pointer" line 5)
> >     invoked from within
> > "MapCanvas::pointer $mon"
> >     (procedure "MapCanvas::create" line 226)
> >     invoked from within
> > "MapCanvas::create"
> >     (procedure "Gm::startmon" line 11)
> >     invoked from within
> > "Gm::startmon"
> >     (procedure "Gm::create" line 69)
> >     invoked from within
> > "Gm::create"
> >     (procedure "main" line 30)
> >     invoked from within
> > "main $argc $argv"
> >     (file "/usr/lib/grass/etc/gm/gm.tcl" line 521)
> >
> >
> > Any clues?
> 
> hi, nobody else reported such problem...

Yes they did:

	http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grassuser/2007-March/038688.html
	http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grassuser/2007-March/038689.html

This is fixed in CVS.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>