[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1022: Change searched location of proj files when no proj variable

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#1022: Change searched location of proj files when no proj variable
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 Reporter:  robe     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  high     |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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 PostGIS currently looks for proj grid shift files in
 share\contrib\postgis\proj  and if present uses that.

 As discussed in:
 http://www.postgis.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2011-June/013594.html

 I would like the default location changed to /share/contrib/postgis-
 whateverversion/proj

 My plan is to release 2.0.0 with proj 4.7 instead of 4.6.1.  This will not
 conflict with any 1.* installs since the generated file will be
 libproj-0.dll which seems to be what GDAL looks for by default when PROJSO
 environment variable is not set on windows.

 It will also get rid of that nagging problem of people asking -- what is
 that postgis folder for and thinking its some legacy thing they can
 delete.  Now it will be legacy :)

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