[postgis-devel] [WKT Raster] Requirement of PostgreSQL

[strk]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:05:46AM -0000, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to ask and discuss what is (or should be) oldest
> version of PostgreSQL required by WKT Raster.
> 
> Currently, the chain of dependencies is a follows:
> 
> PostgreSQL <- PostGIS <- WKT Raster
> 
> WKT Raster requires [1] PostGIS of current SVN trunk
> and PostGIS 1.3.5 does not work here.
> According to the SVN manual, PostGIS in trunk requires PostgreSQL 8.1+
> It implies, WKT Raster requires PostgreSQL 8.1+ as well.

Actually, WKTRaster requires 8.3, for automatic null-terminated
strings to vararg text automatic cast. Try against 8.1 for details
(should be shown by make post-install-check).
Shouldn't be too hard to fix.

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