[Freeciv-Dev] Build road to space command

["Geeslaka Geezonga" <geeslaka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I tell a engineer to build a road from its current position to another 
position it will choose a non-optimal route.
Ex 1.  The engineer is on a river space with a railroad.  There are two paths 
to the space, one crosses four grassland/river spaces, the other crosses 
several railroad spaces and three grassland spaces.  The 
engineer builds the road across the four river spaces rather than the three 
grassland spaces.  It appears to me that the path is decided based on movement 
costs.  It should be based on road build costs because the 
engineer stops on every space to build a road, which means move costs 
insignificant.
Here's the example in ASCII art:  R=railroad  |=river  G=grassland
GGRRRR|G
GRGGGG|G
RGGGGG|G
RGGGGG|G
GRGGGG|G
GGRGGG|G

Ex 2.  I have not researched bridge building.  When told to connect two spaces 
with a road it will try to build a road on any river square its path crosses 
rather than taking a small detour.
ASCII art again:  -=river  e=engineer  p=space to build road to g=grassland
ggpg
---g
gggg
ggeg

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