[GRASSLIST:5843] Re: V.import and v.in.tiger.scs

[David Orme]

Hi,

I've also used the OpenOSX GRASS installer CD. I found that v.in.mif 
was missing - OpenOSX sent me a binary copy of the module but I haven't 
been able to get it to work (unpacked it into the correct directory but 
it isn't found by GRASS). Also, my installation does not support the 
PNG graphics driver - I can't find the Gd library on the installation 
disc so it may be missing that.

Are these also more general than the OpenOSX disc?

David


On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 04:03 PM, Glynn Clements wrote:

>
> Schuyler Fishman wrote:
>
>> Why does it seem that certain binaries are missing from the
>> installation of grass from your OpenOsX cd? I find certain commands in
>> the manual pages that seem to be current, but then the commands do not
>> exist in grass.
>>
>> For example, the man page states that there would be 8 option for
>> v.import, your release offers 3. Also vi.in.tiger.scs does not seem to
>> exists, as well as a vi.in.tig.rim and a few others.
>>
>> Is there a place to download these commands seperately? or are they
>> part of 5.0.1 beta?
>
> Unfortunately, GRASS manual pages tend to persist long after the
> program which they describe has been disabled or removed. Also,
> programs are often updated without the manual pages being updated
> accordingly.
>
> Neither v.in.tiger.scs nor v.in.tig.rim are in any GRASS binary
> distribution. The source code still exists in the CVS repository, and
> in the source code packages, but it isn't compiled by default. This
> normally indicates that the code doesn't work. However, the build
> system doesn't provide any mechanism to prevent specific manual pages
> from making it into the binary distribution.
>
> Regarding v.import, the manual page is clearly very outdated; v.import
> only had three options in GRASS 4.3, and still only has three options
> in the latest CVS versions.
>
> None of these issues are specific to the OpenOSX CD; they apply
> equally to the binary distributions which are available from the GRASS
> web site.
>
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
>