[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #759: r.patch non-functional in WinGRASS 6.4 svn on Vista

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#759: r.patch non-functional in WinGRASS 6.4 svn on Vista
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  Reporter:  cmbarton         |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  critical         |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Raster           |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  r.patch, wingrass        
  Platform:  MSWindows Vista  |         Cpu:  Unspecified              
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Changes (by hamish):

  * keywords:  r.patch Windows Vista => r.patch, wingrass
  * platform:  Unspecified => MSWindows Vista

Comment:

 dupe of #118. continue/reopen there.

 IIUC "UAC" is user account control. ie it prompts you y/n anytime anything
 happens. after 10,000 cases of it crying wolf people tend to shut if off.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control


 AFAIU from ticket #118 this is really a problem of writing to .tmp/ ???
 Two problems with that theory: 1) r.patch doesn't use G_tempfile()
 directly (maybe the libs do?), 2) why don't other modules that use .tmp/
 fail? or for that matter $MAPSET?

 So switching off UAC may be the solution, I'm not fully convinced about
 the reasons given.


 Hamish

 ps- please add the word "wingrass" into the keywords so it will
 automatically make it onto the wingrass trac wiki errata page.

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