Beta 5 and its lockfile

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Jim, hi Chris,

what operating system you are using? I guess it is Linux. A current
version?

[...]
> > I've had GRASS5beta4 running since October, I was hesitant to touch it but 
> > yesterday I uninstalled it and installed beta5. When I tried to run it and 
> > got:
> > 
> >    GIS.sh line 23: 1308 Segmentation Fault $ETC/lock $lockfile$$
> >    Unable to properly access /home/nydir/.gislock5
> >                                Jim 
[...]

Actually I have never seen this error (and working here at university
with several *different* Linux PCs). I need more information about
your systems.

> FYI I got the same thing, did the same things, etc.  It seems that a bit 
> of housekeeping is needed in upgrading versions - not so bad, if one knows
> about it, but annoying otherwise.
> Adios,
> Chris
Of course this is not intended :-)

As "lock" is unchanged since September 1999
-rw-r--r-- neteler/user    105 1999-07-22 21:30 grass5.0beta/src/libes/lock/Gmakefile
-rw-r--r-- neteler/user   2867 1999-09-16 11:41 grass5.0beta/src/libes/lock/lock.c
-rw-r--r-- neteler/user    372 1999-09-16 11:41 grass5.0beta/src/libes/lock/try.c
-rw-r--r-- neteler/user    189 1999-09-16 11:41 grass5.0beta/src/libes/lock/unlock.c

it is surprising that the software behaves differently between beta4 and
beta5. Perhaps you changed your system somehow?

If you send further information, we will fix the problem! Others having
this problem as well may join the discussion (here or personally)!

Kind regards

 Markus Neteler