[GRASS-user] v.external does not create vector layer

[John R.]

Hello,

I am running GRASS 6.3.0 on Linux.  I would like to use a postgis table 
as a read only vector layer in GRASS.

One time I had v.external doing more than it does now.  Here is a 
typical execution:

# v.external 'dsn=PG:host=localhost user=postgres dbname=spatial_db' 
output=gpxpints_pg
Data source contains 1 layers:
trackpnt

This would be the behavior I would expect if "output" was not defined. 
There is no vector layer created in GRASS.

What is the next debugging step here?

John