[postgis-devel] Debian packaging and upgrade

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Sandro,

On 04/04/19 17:29, Sandro Santilli wrote:

> That's backward, you have the .so under PostgreSQL 9.4
> library directory pointing to the .so under PostgreSQL 9.6
> library dir.
> 
> But now that I think about it, your problem was really
> that of lacking the postgis library for the _old_ PostgreSQL.
> 
> I really think this is a Debian packaging bug as that library
> ( /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/lib/postgis-2.1.4.so ) was removed
> as part of upgrading PostGIS, but really needs to exist
> independently instead, because PostGIS .so file is bound to
> the a specific PostgreSQL version, so it should be packaged
> separately (postgresql-9.4-postgis-2.1) and not removed upon
> upgrading postgis or postgresql.

I agree it should not be removed. In fact, it is already packaged
separately:
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/i386/postgresql-9.4-postgis-2.1/filelist
Thanks.
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