3.7.0 dev version issues

[Gandalf the Gray]

Hi Regina.

Follow up question.  Do I first overwrite with the PostGIS archive and then
the PostgreSQL one?

On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM Gandalf the Gray <pjduplooy.gis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Regina.
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> The exe works fine. Its just the zip file. I will get the archive from the
> link you gave.
>
> Pieter
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> On Wed, 05 Aug 2026, 09:01 Regina Obe, <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
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>> Sorry missed your message yesterday.
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>> Did it work when you did the .exe install and it only failed when you
>> recopied the newer PostGIS 3.7.0dev binaries or are you saying installing
>> the postgis .exes broke your PostgreSQL install?
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>> My guess is its one of the libraries that ships with PostgreSQL.  I try
>> not to overwrite these.  When you copy using the zip, you shouldn’t
>> overwrite them either but I include them just because in some cases EDB
>> calls them by a different name than what the postgis libraries are bound
>> to.  If they are there they shouldn’t be overwritten cause there versions
>> are sometimes newer than the one I ship.
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>> My suggestion – copy the binaries from -
>> https://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdevdownload
>> (the ones in the bin folder) and overwrite the ones in your bin folder.
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>> Then try to start up your PostgreSQL 19 server.
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>> *From:* Gandalf the Gray <pjduplooy.gis at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 5, 2026 2:51 AM
>> *To:* postgis-devel at lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* 3.7.0 dev version issues
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>> Hi Regina.
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>> I have tried the newest dev version of 3.7 (refer to my previous post on
>> Monday).
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>> The issue with my PG 19 server not starting after copying over the files
>> into the folder that had PostGIS 3.7 installed with the exe (I am on
>> Windows) still remains.
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>> Could you look into it?
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>>
>> Pieter
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