[GRASS-dev] [GRASS-user] can not install addons with g.extension

[Glynn Clements]

Martin Landa wrote:

> 2015-02-09 18:34 GMT+01:00 Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com>:
> > Right, `/usr/lib/grass70/tools/` contains `g.html2man`. This is
> > probably related to the packaging, my local sample installation (make
> > install from source code) contains `g.html2man.py` in the `tools`
> > directory.
> 
> it's here [1]. I am not sure why .py is removed (any Debian packager
> expert here?)
> 
> Martin
> 
> [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~grass/grass/grass70_release_debian/view/head:/rules#L182

Maybe someone assumed that the rules for scripts applied? On platforms
other than Windows, scripts are installed without the .py suffix.

But g.html2man.py retains the suffix on all platforms; from Grass.make:

HTML2MAN = VERSION_NUMBER=$(GRASS_VERSION_NUMBER) $(GISBASE)/tools/g.html2man.py

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>