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

Mateusz Loskot Mateusz.Loskot at cadcorp.com
Mon Mar 16 08:32:07 PDT 2009


strk wrote: 
> 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.

Current requirements work for us well.
So, I'm not suggesting to redefined them.
I'm only asking for confirmation, so we can fix things earlier than later.

Best regards,
--
Mateusz Loskot
Senior Programmer, Cadcorp
http://www.cadcorp.com



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