Hi all,
good news: John Huddleston managed to compile
GRASS 5 under Cygnus compiler on Windows. The
code is updated, the next release will contain
the changes.
But there is still a major problem: The graphical
output does not work due to missing "fifo" support
in Cygnus compiler. In past a few people already
programmed a solution but I do not know where to
access (moon.cecer.army.mil is "GRASS free" now 
)
There are obviously two ways to overcome the problem:
- use sockets as opposed to fifos
- use message queues instead of fifo's (this was once available
as MessQ.tar.Z on moon) due to old mails.
We need volunteers to change the fifos. I am shure
this port will improve the acceptance of GRASS.
Replacing fifos the GRASS 5 code would be compliant
for many platforms.
Thanks in advance
Markus Neteler