[postgis-devel] WKT Raster: Why having to compilePostgreSQL&PostGIS first?

[Mateusz Loskot]

Pierre Racine wrote: 
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >> make[4]: Entering directory
> >> `/wktrasterdevel/postgresql-8.3.5/src/backend/access/common' gcc -O2
> >> -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
> >> -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing
> >> -fwrapv -I../../../../src/include -I./src/include/port/win32
> >> -DEXEC_BACKEND  "-I../../../../src/include/port/win32" -
> DBUILDING_DLL
> >>  -c -o printtup.o printtup.c In file included from
> >>
> c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/security.h:38
> ,
> >>  from ../../../../src/include/libpq/libpq-be.h:50, from
> >> ../../../../src/include/libpq/libpq.h:21, from printtup.c:19:
> >> c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/sspi.h:60:
> >> error: syntax error before "SECURITY_STRING"
> >
> >Googling for the error message confirms this is a known bug and small
> >fix is explained here:
> >
> >http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00092.php
> 
> Thanks. However if I can live with a released version of PostgreSQL,
> I'll be happy.
> 
> >> So following your suggestion that "There is no need to build
> >> PostgreSQL" I installed 8.3.6...
> >>
> >> Can I compile Geos with gcc? Or I have to use VC?
> >
> >GEOS can be build with both. However, I have no idea if you can safely
> >mix binaries built with MinGW and Visual C++.
> >
> >> ./configure doesn't seems to be an option.
> >
> >Why?
> 
> racinep at DESROCHERSA-02 /wktrasterdevel/geos/trunk
> $ ./configure
> sh: ./configure: No such file or directory
> 
> racinep at DESROCHERSA-02 /wktrasterdevel/geos/trunk
> $ autogen
> 
> Autogen hang without doing anything...

You can't use autogen.bat script which is dedicated to bootstrapping for Visual C++.
You need to use autotools-dedicated one:

$ ./autogen.sh

Here it is explained:

http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/#BuildandInstall

Mateusz