[postgis-devel] trunk regress fails - PostgreSQL Minimum version?

[Kevin Neufeld]

Ok.  +1 for me as well for ditching 8.2 for 1.5

I tested regress for 8.3 and it works ... but only if I modify the regression Makefile.

If I change the 'sed' line 88 (http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/browser/trunk/regress/Makefile.in#L88) with a simple 'cp 
../postgis/postgis.sql postgis.sql', all is well.

So, strk's commit at r4284 (http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/changeset/4284) broke it for me.

I've attached my test regression script if it's of any interest.

-- Kevin

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Paragon Corporation<lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
>> The buffer functions work fine for me on 8.4.  Kevin, was this just in 8.2?
>> If I have my way -- we won't be supporting 8.2 for PostGIS 1.5 so would be a
>> moot point.
>>
>> Or shall I say one more reason to ditch 8.2 :)
>>
>> Paul and Kevin -- I think Mark and I are in agreement on ditching 8.2 for
>> 1.5 what about you 2?
> 
> I think you guys are pretty harsh. However, since I've built an 8.3
> dependency into 1.5 I guess I am in favor.
> 
>> I know Kevin gave a +1 to the matrix -- and I'm in full agreement we need a
>> matrix (listing at the very minimum for each PostGIS version which
>> PostgreSQL versions we support).  I'd be willing to write that up too.
> 
> You never need permission to add documentation :)
> 
> P
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Regina
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
>> [mailto:postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of strk
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:19 PM
>> To: PostGIS Development Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] trunk regress fails
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:01:31AM +0100, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>>> Kevin Neufeld wrote:
>>>> ERROR:  cannot cast type text to cstring
>>>> LINE 4:   CAST('quad_segs='||CAST($3 AS text) as cstring))
>>> Hmmmm looks like this was introduced by strk's new buffer code. If we
>>> ask him nicely, will he fix it? ;)
>> I remember a similar problem with 8.3, which forced me to cast as 'text'
>> first and 'cstring' second (direct casting wasn't supported).
>> I'm afraid it'll take some pg-version-specific macro to fix this.
>> I can only test 8.3.7 atm, if anyone provides a fix for older I will try
>> there.
>>
>> --strk;
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