[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1020: Display of vector maps fails

[GRASS GIS]

#1020: Display of vector maps fails
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 Reporter:  MilenaN                       |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                        |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker                       |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
Component:  Database                      |     Version:  6.4.0 RCs                
 Keywords:  wingrass, db.describe, wxGUI  |    Platform:  MSWindows 7              
      Cpu:  x86-64                        |  
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Comment(by martinl):

 Replying to [comment:13 glynn]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 martinl]:
 >
 > > Couldn't we use simply G_spawn() or G_spawn_ex()?
 >
 > Assuming that the current G_spawn_ex() works reliably on Windows, it can
 be used. Earlier versions didn't support redirection of stdin/stdout on
 Windows.
 >
 > The new version made it into RC6, so I'm assuming that it's basically
 okay.

 my wild guess

 {{{
      G_debug(2, "dbmi_client/start startup: [%s]", startup);
 -    pid = _spawnl(_P_NOWAIT, startup, startup, NULL);
 +    pid = G_spawn_ex(startup, startup, NULL);
 }}}

 fails. Any hits how to fix this blocker issue.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1020#comment:15>
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