[GRASS-dev] Grass 6.3-cvs fails to preserve database connection changes

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 09:37:25PM +0200, Patton, Eric wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that Grass 6.3 cvs doesn't 'remember' the database changes that were applied during the last session:
> 
> >db.connect -p
> driver:dbf
> database:$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/
> schema:
> group:
> 
> >db.connect driver=sqlite database=/home/epatton/Projects/FundyBathy/2007006/databases/BOF_2007.db
> >db.connect -p
> driver:sqlite
> database:/home/epatton/Projects/FundyBathy/2007006/databases/BOF_2007.db
> schema:
> group:
> 
> (exit Grass63, then start it again)
> 
> >db.connect -p
> driver:dbf
> database:$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/
> schema:
> group:
> 
> 
> I've tried setting my database changes via the gui as well, with no difference. I've double-checked that sqlite database I'm trying to connect to is where I pointed to. Shouldn't Grass preserve the database settings from session-to-session?

Absolutely. I was also suprised yesterday and added a workaround
in lib/init/init.sh (to restore DBF if the VAR file is missing).
But I wonder what is deleting this file. This is a pretty new bug.

Markus

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