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

[GRASS GIS]

#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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Comment (by hamish):

 Replying to [comment:16 glynn]:
 > Also, both of the cited bug reports relate to the msys.bat script,
 > which isn't relevant to GRASS' use of MSys.

 see mswindows/GRASS-Installer.nsi line 418 (etc.) and
 mswindows/README.html section 3.  The script is used, and those patches
 are incorporated.


 It occurs to me that if you put yourself in the mindset of MS Win world
 then putting so much trust into the file name is not so bizarre. After
 all, it's not such a great leap from resting so much trust on the contents
 of the last three letters of the filename, why not put meaning on the
 first 8+ as well? Not to defend it as very rational or nuthin, or a fit
 idea after ~1984 (or whenever the first Macintoshes came out), just
 saying.


 Hamish

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