[GRASS-dev] Installing GRASS on cygwin

[Hamish]

> I'm having issues installing GRASS on cygwin running on Windows.
> I execute the configure script below successfully and with no errors.
> 
> CFLAGS="-g -Wall" ./configure  --with-includes=c:/msys/local/include \
> --with-libs=c:/msys/local/lib  --with-python
> --with-proj-share=/usr/share/proj
> But when I run make, it hangs when it enters the d.ask command:
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/c/GRASS/grass-6.2.2/display/d.ask'
> GISRC=/c/GRASS/grass-6.2.2/dist.i686-pc-cygwin/demolocation/.grassrc62
> GISBASE=/c/GRASS/grass-6.2.2/dist.i686-pc-cygwin
> PATH=/c/GRASS/grass-6.2.2/dist.i686-pc-cygwin/bin:$PATH
> PATH="/c/GRASS/grass-6.2.2/dist.i686-pc-cygwin/lib:./:/usr/local/grass-6.2.2
> /bin_extra:/usr/local/gr
> ass-6.2.2/bin_tcl:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/b
> in:/usr/X11R6/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c
> /Pro
> gram Files/ATI Technologies/ATI Control Panel:/c/Program
> Files/Reflection:/c/arcgis/arcexe9x/bin:/c/PROGRA~1/COMMON~1/DHI/MikeZero:/c
> /Program
> Files/GnuWin32/bin:/usr/local/gmt/bin:/c/Program Files/Common
> Files/DHI/MIKEZero:/c/Program Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/:/c/Program
> Files/Attachmate/Reflection/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Progr
> am
> Files/wgrib" LC_ALL=C /c/GRASS/grass-6.2.2/dist.i686-pc-cygwin/bin/d.ask
> --html-description | grep -v '</body>\|</html>' > d.ask.tmp.html ; true


d.ask is a rarely used module which you will almost surely be able to
live without. I suggest you remove it from display/Makefile and try again.
It will be removed for GRASS 7 as it is incompatible with the new GUIs.


Hamish