[GRASSLIST:5969] speeding up v.in.ogr

[Chris Fonnesbeck]

I have been trying to import a detailed shapefile of the florida coast
(about 24M) into grass6.0b2, using v.in.ogr. Unfortunately, having
started 3 days ago, the import has not yet completed. It is making
progress, as the number of intersections is incrementing, however this
surely should not be taking quite this long. Are there ways of
speeding up the process?

I am on a 1GHz OS X Powerbook with 1GB RAM.

Thanks,
Chris