PostGIS 3.6.0rc2 Released

Regina Obe lr at pcorp.us
Mon Aug 25 19:09:21 PDT 2025


> "Regina Obe" <lr at pcorp.us> writes:
> 
> >> Am I supposed to be able to upgrade from rc1, without having to do
> >> anything?
> >>
> >
> > Yes.  Well anything except
> >
> > SELECT postgis_extensions_upgrade();
> >
> > As I kept 3.6.0rc1 as an upgrade source option.
> 
> I don't follow "except".
> 

I mean 

SELECT postgis_extensions_upgrade();

Should be sufficient.  Nothing else.

> > I presume you didn't have file
> >
> > postgis--3.6.0rc1--ANY.sql
> >
> > prior to your make install right?
> 
> I am guessing I did not.   Looking at my system after I upgraded using
> the 3.6.0rc2 package I just built, and then ran the
> install-extension-upgrades:
> 
>   > ls -l postgis--3.6*
>   lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       31 Aug 25 20:49
postgis--3.6.0alpha1--ANY.sql ->
> postgis--TEMPLATED--TO--ANY.sql
>   lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       31 Aug 25 20:49
postgis--3.6.0beta1--ANY.sql ->
> postgis--TEMPLATED--TO--ANY.sql
>   lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       31 Aug 25 20:49
postgis--3.6.0dev--ANY.sql ->
> postgis--TEMPLATED--TO--ANY.sql
>   lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       31 Aug 25 20:51
postgis--3.6.0rc1--ANY.sql ->
> postgis--TEMPLATED--TO--ANY.sql
>   lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       31 Aug 25 20:49
postgis--3.6.0rc2--ANY.sql ->
> postgis--TEMPLATED--TO--ANY.sql
>   -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  7476532 Aug 25 20:49 postgis--3.6.0rc2.sql
> 
> but it looks like the rc1 package has it
> 
>   > pkg_info -L postgresql16-postgis-3.6.0rc1.tgz |egrep rc1
>   Information for postgresql16-postgis-3.6.0rc1.tgz:
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer--1.0--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer--3.6.0rc1--
> ANY.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer--ANY--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer_data_us--
> 3.6.0rc1--3.6.0rc1next.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer_data_us--
> 3.6.0rc1--ANY.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer_data_us--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer_data_us--
> 3.6.0rc1next--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/address_standardizer_data_us--ANY--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis--3.6.0rc1--ANY.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis--ANY--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis--unpackaged--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_raster--3.6.0rc1--ANY.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_raster--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_raster--ANY--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_raster--unpackaged--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_tiger_geocoder--3.6.0rc1--
> ANY.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_tiger_geocoder--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_tiger_geocoder--ANY--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_tiger_geocoder--unpackaged--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_topology--3.6.0rc1--ANY.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_topology--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_topology--ANY--3.6.0rc1.sql
>   /usr/pkg/share/postgresql/extension/postgis_topology--unpackaged--
> 3.6.0rc1.sql


The 3.6.0rc2 package should have it too, it doesn't?  It should have rc1 and
dev from to --ANY cause I left those in this time
around.  I figure for 3.6.0 maybe I should leave them in, just in case
people are upgrading from rcs, but I will take them out in 3.6.1
since they are needless clutter and I expect by 3.6.1 people wouldn't be
upgrading from rcs.



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