Hello Dan, On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 07:57:26 +0800 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote: > Odd, 7MB for source on > http://grass.cis.sinica.edu.tw/grass57/source/snapshot/ > sounds like the 7MB for binary on > http://grass.itc.it/grass57/binary/linux/snapshot/ I would recommend downloading the Source-snapshot of GRASS 5.7 which comes with a proper debian/-folder to build your own .deb on the debian-way. source-snapshot: http://grass.itc.it/grass57/source/snapshot/ (7.2mb) You can easily update from CVS with this snapshot, so no long downloads anymore... Give it a try. I did that on my (heaviliy modified) debian sid box successfully once. > and not the several times larger file one sees with > apt-get source grass --print-uris > Hmmm, how did it get so slim and trim? > > Well if I Use The Source, then I would have been immune from the above > problems in the first place? Hope that helps. Cheers Stephan -- Stephan Holl Check headers for GnuPG Key! http://www.gdf-hannover.de
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