[GRASSLIST:1261] Re: Fw: Re: Two more grass5b10 gnats

[bob at math.umn.edu]

RGK allegedly wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Justin Hickey 
> To: bob at math.umn.edu ; grasslist at baylor.edu 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:34 AM
> Subject: [GRASSLIST:1256] Re: Two more grass5b10 gnats
> 
> Hi Chris
> bob at math.umn.edu wrote:
> > 
> > For your enjoyment ...
> > 
> > Running grass5 died (linux prompt) and was only fixed by editing
> > /usr/local/grass5/tcltkgrass/script/gis_set.tcl to comment out lines:
> > 
> > 706 #if { [string compare -nocase $ver "8.0"] < 0} \
> > 707 #{
> > 708 #    puts stderr "Sorry your version of Tcl/Tk is $ver and is too
> > old for GRASS."
> > 709 #    puts stderr "GRASS requires a TCL/TK version of 8.0 or more."
> > 710 #    puts stderr "Reverting back to text mode interface."
> > 711 #    exit 1
> > 712 #}
> 
> Actually, a better fix is to simply delete the -nocase option (and
> remove the comments :).

That would assume I had a clue, of course.  Thanks, done, and works.  :^)
  
> > When the GUI pops up, starting the monitor fails because my $PATH is 
> > too long for it.  Running d.mon from the grass5 prompt works fine. 
> > Perhaps the Tcl/Tk should not worry so much about the size of
> > environmental variables.  If that is possible ...
> 
> Hmmm. I'm not sure what the problem is here, I do not know of any limit
> to the size of environment variables. What is the actual error message
> you get?

Error: Error: Aborting!
Excessive environmental variable length:
'PATH=/a/very/many/paths/all/strung/together/over/9/lines/in/the/popup'
child process exited
abnormally

> Thanks for notifying us of these problems.

You may regret those words, friend.  ;^l
 
<snip>

Thanks for your time.

Adios,
Chris
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