[GRASS5] New initialization code

[Justin Hickey]

Hi Eric

"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> Starting GRASS ...
> Error in startup script: couldn't read file "wish8.2": no such file or
> directory
> /usr/local/grass5/etc/Init.sh: [: ==: unary operator expected
> /usr/local/grass5/etc/Init.sh: [: ==: unary operator expected
> /usr/local/grass5/etc/Init.sh: GISDBASE: parameter null or not set
> 
> But the problem stems from the finding of the "wish" command.  On my
> system I have "wish", "wish8.0", "wish8.2" and "wish8.3".  "wish" is a
> symbolic link the eventually points back to "wish8.3" (as the
> preferential "wish").  The others are there because some programs are
> built against older versions of Tcl/Tk.  There *might* be a fairly
> straightforward solution for this.  In the configure.in, I grep tcl.h
> or tk.h for the '#define TK_VERSION "x.x"' string.  I use this to
> attempt linking/validation of libraries.  This information could
> easily be passed down the Makefile chain and *should* obviate the need
> to search for a particular "wish".  Perhaps this would be a problem
> for a binary compilation using one version of tcl/tk and a user who
> has a different version.  Anyway, I could easily export that variable
> if it will help. Though, I wonder if it wouldn't be safer just to try
> "wish"?

Thanks for the report Eric. Markus, this is more your area than mine.
Any idea for fixing this?

-- 
Sincerely,

Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey)  e-mail: jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th
High Performance Computing Center
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
Bangkok, Thailand
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