[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] g.xlist/g.xremove addons (C version of g.mlist/g.mremove)

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > > If these changes to
> > > libgis (ls.c, join.c, gisdefs.h, POSIX regex) are acceptable,
> > > g.m?(list|remove) might be substituted with these modules (?).
> >
> > The existing scripts cannot be removed unless the C versions can be
> > made to work on all platforms (I daresay there's a regex library for
> > Windows, but we still need configure tests, etc).
> 
> What is the current state? Since I have to deal with thousands of
> maps in a mapset frequently, I am interested to get the g.mlist
> and g.mremove scripts replaced with a C version.

Well, first someone needs to find a regex library for Windows. If it's
needed for g.mlist etc, it will effectively become a mandatory
dependency, so if only source is available, we'll need to accept
responsibility for providing a binary package.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>