[GRASS5] Cygwin build for 110401

[Markus Neteler]

John,

Andreas, Malcolm,

On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 05:12:38AM -0600, John Huddleston wrote:
> Markus,
> 
> cd incoming
> unzip nviz-20010411
> zip grass5-20010411.zip usr/local/grasss5/etc/nviz2.2/
> zip grass5-20010411.zip usr/local/grasss5/etc/nviz2.2/*
> zip grass5-20010411.zip usr/local/grasss5/etc/nviz2.2/*/*
> rm nviz-20010411.zip
> 
> If you do not have zip and unzip available to you then
> please remove both zip files and I will upload the binary
> again.
> 
> John Huddleston

o.k, I have added it successfully. However, two questions are still
there:

 - for whom is this new package intended
 - why .zip if we have .tar.gz/grass5install.sh

Especially considering:
> > > Of course, under cygwin nvwish does not exist.  So, is the final
> > > executable supposed to be NVWISH2.2?   Whatever, in the
> > > nviz-20010411.zip container, it is there three times.
> > > 
> > > Let me know what configuration you want.

Obviously this zip is not intended to the general user?

Sorry to insist,

 Markus

PS: I have to take little care that the Server volume keep in it's
    size limits.


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Markus Neteler" <neteler at geog.uni-hannover.de>
> To: <grass5 at geog.uni-hannover.de>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 3:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [GRASS5] Cygwin build for 110401
> 
> 
> > John,
> > 
> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 02:12:11PM -0600, John Huddleston wrote:
> > > Markus, (Grass list)
> > > 
> > > In the incoming directory is a grass-20010411.zip file and 
> > > a nviz-20010411.zip file.  The install part of nviz did not
> > > work first time and I did not notice it until after I had uploaded
> > > the grass5 binary.   Please move them to the http site.
> > > 
> > > That section needs some work.  The executable is made in
> > > the src directory and a Gmakefile later does the move 
> > > 'mv src/nvwish /dev/cvs/grass/dist.i686-pc-cygwin/etc/nviz2.2/NVWISH2.2'
> > > 
> > > Of course, under cygwin nvwish does not exist.  So, is the final
> > > executable supposed to be NVWISH2.2?   Whatever, in the
> > > nviz-20010411.zip container, it is there three times.
> > > 
> > > Let me know what configuration you want.
> > 
> > excuse me, but the intention of the packages is not clear to
> > me. I assume that they are not intended for a wide audience but
> > to winGRASS developers only? So I would store them in a web
> > space not read by the mirrors? If we publish GRASS/Cygnus twice
> > it will be confusing (why both .tar.gz and .zip)...
> > 
> > Please let me know,
> > 
> >  Markus
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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