[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #987: Bad handling of Inf values in GEOS

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#987: Bad handling of Inf values in GEOS
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 Reporter:  pramsey  |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.3
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  1.5.X        
 Keywords:           |  
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 See http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-
 users/2011-February/028999.html

 Older versions of GEOS (pre 3.3) will loop infinitely when handed some
 coordinates with Inf values in them. Proj4 sometimes generates those
 values. The solution (?) in this case is to patch PostGIS to not pass the
 values through to GEOS.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/987>
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