Re: [Pkg-grass-general] testing debiangis

["Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 03:22:48PM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > > - grass depends on xterm, but the package does not require this dependency
> > 
> > I don't think this is true. I can run grass on the command line without
> > even running X. Maybe I should switch all the X-related depends to
> > suggests?
> 
> I think it does:
> 
> cd grass60/lib/init
> grep xterm *
> epsg_option.tcl:                                        exec -- xterm -e $env(GISBASE)/etc/make_location_epsg.sh \
> 
> cd grass60/display/d.m
> grep xterm *
> d.m.tcl:    eval exec -- xterm -e $env(GISBASE)/etc/grass-run.sh $cmd $args &
> 
> [etc ?]
> 
> Should this become a global variable?
> 

Mmm, we should patch to use alternatives I think... And surely my
previous suggestions about virtual dep applies, too.

> > I also wonder if the dependency on csh is really required. I've removed
> > it from my system and haven't noticed any ill effects. bash is an
> > Essential package that is guaranteed to be installed. Is bash not
> > sufficient?
> > 
> > > - in the grass startup sreen, epsg codes should be found 
> > > in /usr/share/proj/epsg instead of  /usr/local/share/proj/epsg
> > 
> > I'll look into this.
> 
> Here is the beast:
> cd grass60/lib/init
> grep proj/epsg *
>  epsg_option.tcl:        set browsedepsg "/usr/local/share/proj/epsg"
>  epsg_option.tcl:                set browsedepsg "/usr/local/share/proj/epsg"
> 

-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine