problems with r.in.gif

[Zorka Zegarra R]

Hello GRASS User's:

I' work in grass4.1 and like will use the r.in.gif comand but obtained
the following:

GRASS 4.1 > r.in.gif -v input=symlogo.gif output=logo

1. GIF file not acceptable for conversion

why if my file is gif not accept the conversion ???
I'work whit grass4.1 on Alpha machine and OSF/1 v2.0

Thanks for you orientation 

	Zorka

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