[gdal-dev] layer.GetSpatialRef() fails on linux for shapefiles

[Jonathan Moules]

Hi List,

I'm trying to get vector layer information via OGR and Python:

```

layer.GetSpatialRef()

```

This works fine for me on Windows with GDAL 3.7.1 on various different 
types of files (Shapefile, GPKG, GML, KML, GDB).

But for my colleague on Ubuntu 22.0.4.3, also on GDAL 3.7.1 (via Conda), 
they get a Python RuntimeError for all shapefiles (the exact same 
shapefiles that work fine for me). It works for Geopackages for them.

Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
Jonathan