[GRASS5] Import problem

[Robert Lagacé]

We have about 20 map in Mapinfo format (.map) that we would like to import 
in GRASS.  Since GRASS cannot import (.map) maps, we converted them in 
Arc/info shape files and mapInfo (.mif).

v.in.shape crashed (core dump).  This is the messages :

GRASS 5.0.0pre1 > v.in.shape -o input=portneuf/PERMANENT/muni_que_region.shp
scale=20000
Extracting all records.
Creating vector network...

   Processing shape       1 of       5.
   Processing shape       2 of       5.
   Processing shape       3 of       5.
   Processing shape       4 of       5.
   Processing shape       5 of       5.
Number of shapes registered is 0
Number of parts registered is 5
Number of valid records is 0 of 0
Extracting and storing area edges...

   Tracking line       1.
   Tracking line       2.
   Tracking line       3.
   Tracking line       4.
   Tracking line       5.
   Tracking line       6.
   Tracking line       7.
   Tracking line       8.
   Tracking line       9.
   Tracking line      10.
   Tracking line      11.
Incident de segmentation (noyau vidé)

The last message is a core dump message in french (OS message)

The dig files are created but empty.

With v.in.mif no more success but no message at all and nothing done.  
The program exit without doing nothing except with the -l option.

We need some clue.  Do we need run some other programs before importing 
those files?  Or some bugs?

Our test file only contain 5 areas.

THANKS.

-- 
Robert Lagacé, professeur
Pavillon Comtois
Université Laval
Ste-Foy, Québec, G1K 7P4
tel : (418)-656-2131#2276
Fax : (418)-656-3723
E-mail : lagace at grr.ulaval.ca