[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #1178: WinGrass: g.extension - problem with path to $GISBASE

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#1178: WinGrass: g.extension - problem with path to $GISBASE
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 Reporter:  hellik                                             |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                                             |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  major                                              |   Milestone:  6.4.1                    
Component:  Installation                                       |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
 Keywords:  wingrass, g.extension, path, installation, addons  |    Platform:  MSWindows Vista          
      Cpu:  x86-32                                             |  
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Comment(by hellik):

 Replying to [comment:19 hamish]:
 > {{{
 > FileOpen $0 $INSTALL_DIR\msys\etc\fstab w
 > IfErrors done_create_fstab
 > FileWrite $0 '$INST_DIR_SHORT   /grass$\r$\n'
 > }}}
 >
 > IIRC the fstab file was one of the MSys dev's "we don't support spaces
 in path names and won't even accept bugfix patches" fun times. (/etc/fstab
 is whitespace delimited)
 >
 > Should we (can we?) rewrite that file each time at program startup to
 reflect the current shortname version of the path?
 >

 for this maybe (?) write access is needed in C:\Program
 Files\GRASS-64-SVN\, but I don't know if this is guaranteed on every
 windows-installation (see stats.out from r.terraflow).

 Helmut

 p.s. the windows-world seems to be a little bit mysterious

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