[GRASS-user] gdal, v.in.ogr, Ubuntu intrepid

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 14:20 +0100, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 09:18 +0100, Paolo Craveri wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > troubles remain...
> > 
> > I removed  gdal library by synaptic and then I compiled gdal and
> > grass6.4 svn, but the error remains.
> > 
> > I've also tried to remove and  install everything from synaptic
> > (grass6.3), without improvement.
> > 
> > I only  have one version of gdal installed.
> > 
> > Does someone use gdal 1.5.2 /1.5.3 and GRASS 6.4 svn (or GRASS6.3) in
> > Ubuntu Intrepid without errors when working with v.in.ogr/v.in.gdal
> > etc. ?  It would be great if you tell me how can I get my system
> > working.
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance. ciao to all.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Paolo C.
> > Lat. 44° 39' 11.08'' N  Long. 7° 23' 25.26'' E
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 2008/11/25 Jasiewicz Jarosław <jarekj at amu.edu.pl>:
> > > There is a problem with gdal_translate in that package. Download and compile
> > > gdal 1.5.3 and compile grass again. It should help.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jarek
> > >
> > >
> > > Paolo Craveri pisze:
> > >>
> > >> Dear grass users
> > >>
> > >> I have just read this thread
> > >> http://www.nabble.com/GRASS-6.4-and-Ubuntu-Intrepid-td20222308.htm
> > >>
> > >> but I cannot understand clearly what can I have to do to avoid this:
> > >>
> > >> GRASS 6.4.svn (piemwgs84_prova):~/script_grass > v.in.ogr -o
> > >> dsn=/media/disk/gis/shapefiles/  layer=polyRiserve output=riserve
> > >> type=point,line,boundary,centroid snap=1 –o
> > >>
> > >> …
> > >>
> > >> *** buffer overflow detected ***: v.in.ogr terminated
> > >>
> > >> ======= Backtrace: =========
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> …
> > >>
> > >> I get the same output as reported in the thread above.
> > >>
> > >> I have two GRASSS installed (6.3 from les-ejk.cz ubuntu 8.10
> > >> repository and 6.4svn compiled) ;  libgdal1-1.5.0,
> > >> libgdal1-1.5.0-grass, libgdal1-dev have been installed by Synaptic.
> > >> I've already removed libgdal1-1.4 but the problem still remains.
> > >>
> > >> I'm working in Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) of course.
> > >>
> > >> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> Ciao Paolo!
> 
> I was getting the same error (i.e. buffer overflow or segfault) a few
> days back while trying to import a big shapefile (~160MB). There is also
> a post in the archive about my problem importing this shapefile in
> GRASS' database [1] perhaps related with the "Florida coastline"
> problem".
> 
> I currently use gdal-1.6.0beta2 and grass6_devel under Ubuntu Intrepid
> Ibex 64-bit and did not see this error again.
> 
> I did not pay too much attention to your post initially since I thought
> that it's the problematic shapefile that causes the errors. Now I am
> unsure of what really causes the failure to import this shapefile. Or
> better said, I am unsure of what *caused* the failure since I sort of
> managed to get in in the database (cleaning process never really ends).
> But the latter issue should be a separate post.
> 
> Regards, Nikos
[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2008-October/047063.html