[GRASS5] [bug #3859] (grass) raster file access problems in GRASS6.1.cvs

[Michael Barton]

I received an error trying to reply to Paolo via RT. So I'm just resending
to the list.

Michael
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Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton



> From: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:10:24 -0700
> To: Paolo Cavallini via RT <grass-bugs at intevation.de>, <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
> Conversation: [GRASS5] [bug #3859] (grass) raster file access problems in
> GRASS6.1.cvs
> Subject: Re: [GRASS5] [bug #3859] (grass) raster file access problems in
> GRASS6.1.cvs
> 
> It may or may not be related, but r.flow stopped working on Fedora Core 4 a
> couple weeks back. It gives incorrect errors about resolution settings and/or
> hangs. We did a bug report but I don't remember the number.
> 
> Michael
> __________________________________________
> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
> School of Human Evolution and Social Change
> Arizona State University
> Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
> 
> phone: 480-965-6213
> fax: 480-965-7671
> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
> 
> 
> 
>> From: Request Tracker <grass-bugs at intevation.de>
>> Reply-To: Request Tracker <grass-bugs at intevation.de>
>> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:02:52 +0100 (CET)
>> To: <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
>> Subject: [GRASS5] [bug #3859] (grass) raster file access problems in
>> GRASS6.1.cvs
>> 
>> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=3859
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>> 
>> Subject: raster file access problems in GRASS6.1.cvs
>> 
>> Platform: GNU/Linux/i386
>> grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
>> grass binary for platform: Downloaded precompiled Binaries
>> GRASS Version: GRASS6.1.cvs-19_11_2005
>> 
>> This is an addendum to bug report #3808, but I list it here as a new report
>> as 
>> it involved more functions than just d.rast.
>> 
>> I downloaded precompiled version of GRASS61.cvs-19_11_2005 to further test
>> issue with d.rast as described in earlier report. No other changes to
>> operating system, and GRASS-6.0.1 continues to operate just fine.
>> 
>> Having had more time to experiment, I have found that more raster commands
>> appear to not function in cvs.6.1 - it's as if the raster files cannot be
>> read 
>> (also created?) for some reason. For example, r.calculator does not write any
>> files, r.buffer appears to "stall" when reading the input file, etc.
>> Curiously 
>> though, other commands such as r.colors and others, appear to work fine
>> (files 
>> altered in 6.1 and read in 6.0.1, as d.rast in cvs.6.1 still does not work).
>> This does not appear to be an environment issue, as vector files can be read
>> and viewed just fine. Any suggestions, as I like the changes made to GRASS in
>> cvs.6.1 and would like to make greater use of it both for regular use, and as
>> contribution to the development effort by testing (which I cannot do withoug
>> raster functions).
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Rick 
>> 
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