Re: [DebianGIS] grass-cvs
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 06:48:34AM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Hi all.
> I'm regularly compiling grass from cvs. All well, but for a few minor itches:
> - the executable has to be manually linked
> ln -s /usr/lib/bin/grass61 /usr/bin/grass
> - bwidget somehow gets wrong permissions, so I have to
> chmod -R a+rx /usr/lib/grass-6.1.cvs/bwidget
> - more seriously, aptitude complains about libgrass requiring the previous
> version of grass, and this tends to mess up the system.
> I'd be grateful if someone could suggest how to solve this.
> All the best.
At packaging level that can be solved with regular uploads of a
grass-cvs package which could provide a grass-cvs binary/link and
co-exists with the stable package. When compiling from scratch instead
your are completely on your own. I would suggest to install unofficial
packages under /usr/local.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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