[geos-devel] Exception Issues

[David Blasby]

> What we havent tried:
> 
> 1. linking postgresql to libc++.  This should work, but we dont want to have a special 'postgis' version of postgresql hanging around. 

I did this - works like a charm (I think).

Compile postgresql with something like:

LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure --prefix=/opt/pgsql73 --with-debug
make clean;make; make install



dblasby=# select relate('LINESTRING(0 0,0 0)'::geometry, 'LINESTRING(0 
0,0 0)'::geometry );
NOTICE:  in relate_full()
NOTICE:  GEOS init()
NOTICE:  constructed geometries
NOTICE:  LINESTRING (0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000, 
0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000)
NOTICE:  LINESTRING (0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000, 
0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000)
NOTICE:  valid g1 = 0
NOTICE:  valid g2 = 0
NOTICE:  about to relate()
NOTICE:  finished relate()
ERROR:  GEOS relate() threw an error!


and the server output:

[postgres at hydra init.d]$ /opt/pgsql73/bin/postmaster -i -D 
/raid/pgdata/pgsql_devel_73
LOG:  database system was shut down at 2003-05-27 14:24:27 PDT
LOG:  checkpoint record is at 0/E955DA8
LOG:  redo record is at 0/E955DA8; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG:  next transaction id: 6708; next oid: 577113
LOG:  database system is ready
FATAL:  Database "geos" does not exist in the system catalog.
NOTICE:  in relate_full()
NOTICE:  GEOS init()
NOTICE:  constructed geometries
NOTICE:  LINESTRING (0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000, 
0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000)
NOTICE:  LINESTRING (0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000, 
0.0000000000000000 0.0000000000000000)
NOTICE:  valid g1 = 0
NOTICE:  valid g2 = 0
NOTICE:  about to relate()
In GeometryCAPI::relate and about to g1->relate(g2)
caught error in GeometryCAPI::relate
NOTICE:  finished relate()
ERROR:  GEOS relate() threw an error!



dave