[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3031: "POINT EMPTY" as WKB defaults to "MULTIPOINT EMPTY" when restoring with copy and failing validation

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#3031: "POINT EMPTY" as WKB defaults to "MULTIPOINT EMPTY" when restoring with
copy and failing validation
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 Reporter:  jeanchristophesaville           |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect                          |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium                          |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.1.6
Component:  postgis                         |     Version:  2.1.x        
 Keywords:  POINT EMPTY , MULTIPOINT EMPTY  |  
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Comment(by strk):

 Changing the WKB to "POINT NAN NAN" won't help with restoring existing
 dumps, so we'll still need support from postgis_restore.pl to do that. Or,
 for those NOT using postgis_restore.pl, we might need to make the
 constraint looser (add OR ST_IsEmpty() ?)

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