[GRASS5] Severe (simple to fix?) problem with current GRASS

Justin Hickey jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th
Thu Jan 11 02:28:32 EST 2001


Hi Eric

"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> Before fixing this problem.  Should we consider maybe eliminating it?
> The only programs it really serves a purpose for are shell scripts and
> compiled programs that have not yet implemented a G_parser() interface.
> 
> I would suggest we consider just putting the executables in grass5/bin
> directly and try to avoid some of these convoluted pathways (and weak
> links) to the programs.  Undoubtedly I haven't considered something.
> But I wanted to make the suggestion anyway.

I agree, we should simply put the binaries in the bin directory. The
only thing that would need to be done is all modules that have separate
commands would need to be merged into a single program. I have no idea
what that would entail though.

-- 
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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