[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #792: dbf driver: wrong column data type

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#792: dbf driver: wrong column data type
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 Reporter:  martinl         |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Database        |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  dbf, data type  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified     |  
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Changes (by neteler):

  * keywords:  data type => dbf, data type


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:10 mmetz]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 glynn]:
 > > Replying to [comment:4 mmetz]:
 ...
 > > The process didn't handle the case where the imported symbols are
 exported by multiple libraries (in this case, GDAL and !ShapeLib). AFAICT,
 the DBF driver is the only program which uses !ShapeLib.
 >
 > Ah, ok. Reading around a bit (documentation and previous discussions),
 it seems that the dbf driver is supposed to use !Shapelib instead of GDAL.
 I removed $(GDALLIBS) from the Makefile in r39594 (it's not the first time
 that is done), works for me, please test.

 Is there a reason to keep the private (older) shapelib copy instead of
 using GDAL?

 See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087604

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