[GRASS5] question about status of grass 5.0.3 for windows

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I just tried to 'upgrade' a slightly older cygwin/wingrass installation with new grass 5.0.3 binaries today and it wouldn't start. I was in a hurry and didn't copy down the error message, but will do so if someone wants to know it. It had to do with "lock.exe" and couldn't find something in a cygwin.dll.

What I want to know is does anyone know the status of these binaries? I remember reading something a week or two back about one set of binaries being broken and being replaced. I downloaded these last week from the <www.itc.it> site.

My Cygwin installation dates to last August, so I will update it and try again. I don't use Windows much or Cygwin, but am trying to get this set up for my students who do. I'm using the xwindows version of the binaries and following the directions on the winGRASS binary site.

My main question is am I wasting my time and should revert to the previous version. (And if so, where can I get a copy of the previous binaries to distribute to others). Or have these been stable for other people and I just need to work with them a bit?

Thanks for any advice.
Michael Barton
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Michael Barton wrote:

I just tried to 'upgrade' a slightly older cygwin/wingrass installation
with new grass 5.0.3 binaries today and it wouldn't start. I was in a
hurry and didn't copy down the error message, but will do so if someone
wants to know it. It had to do with "lock.exe" and couldn't find
something in a cygwin.dll.

Please let us know the exact message when you can.

What I want to know is does anyone know the status of these binaries? I
remember reading something a week or two back about one set of binaries
being broken and being replaced. I downloaded these last week from the
<www.itc.it> site.

That was regarding NVIZ, which is often mis-compiled on Cygwin (unless
the right configure switches are used, it will normally build with
Cygwin's Tcl/Tk, which won't work).

My Cygwin installation dates to last August, so I will update it and
try again. I don't use Windows much or Cygwin, but am trying to get
this set up for my students who do. I'm using the xwindows version of
the binaries and following the directions on the winGRASS binary site.

My main question is am I wasting my time and should revert to the
previous version.

It's hard to say without seeing the exact error message.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>