[postgis-users] regarding Makefile errors and my own question

[pw]

Hello,

It is not clear in the installation instructions/documentation how to
actually build postgis.

The *REAL* installation information is found at:

http://postgis.refractions.net/README.postgis.txt

The README discloses that this is meant to be added to a
postgresql build:


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INSTALLATION:

PostGIS is compatible with PostgreSQL 7.1 and above.

To install the module, move this directory to the "contrib" directory of
your
PostgreSQL source installation. Alternately, edit the "top_buildir" in
the 
Makefile and point it at your PostgreSQL source tree. You must have a 
PostgreSQL source tree, and you must have run succesfully built and
installed
it for this to work. 

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Hope this helps someone.

Peter