[GRASS-user] Error running g.mapset

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > I'm running WinGRASS and I'm obtaining a weird error when I run g.mapset:
> > ERROR: Unable to read GIS_LOCK environment variable
> >
> > How can I fix this in Win GRASS?
> 
> I have seen
> 
> 
> ============
> Author: glynn
> Date: 2010-10-14 02:51:09 -0700 (Thu, 14 Oct 2010)
> New Revision: 43906
> 
> Modified:
>   grass/trunk/general/g.mapset/main.c
> Log:
> Don't set option defaults from current state (results in incorrect
> documentation).
> ============
> 
> but I don't know if this is related nor if this should be backported.

It's not related.

The underlying bug (init.bat doesn't set GIS_LOCK) is still present in
6.5-svn. It isn't applicable to 7.0, where init.sh/init.bat have been
replaced by a Python script (which does set GIS_LOCK).

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>