[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.
> 
> Voila:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=73286
> "Release Name: Current Release: mingw-regex-2.5.1
> 
> Notes:
> This is a port of the GNU regex components from glibc,
> ported for use in native Win32 applications by Tor Lillqvist.

I have added g.mlist and g.mremove to SVN trunk, along with
G_set_ls_filter() and the configure checks for the regex functions.

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