[postgis-users] Unable to create Postgis 1RC1 with GEOS-Support

[strk at refractions.net]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 05:06:24PM +0100, Düster Horst wrote:
> I try to compile PostGIS 1RC1 with GEOS-2.1.1 support. I follow
> README.postgis and set in Makefile.contrib USE_GEOS=1 and
> GEOS_DIR=/usr/local the correct path to lib/libgeos.so

You mean Makefile.config, right ?

> 
> GEOS-2.1.1 is correcty compiled and installed. 
> 
> After make and make install of PostGIS 1RC1 and psql -f lwpostgis.sql all
> GEOS based functions like buffer() GeomUnion() etc. are installed, but the
> command: select buffer(geo,10) from geo_table; responses with 
> 
> ERROR:  buffer:: operation not implemented - compile PostGIS with GEOS
> support
> 
> and select postgis_geos_version() responses with NULL.

Did you have an older postgis installed ?
If so you need a dump/reload as all your function definitions
must be changed to use the new library file, which is non-compatible
with older geometry internal format.

If you did not have an older postgis installed please
send the output of your 'make' invocation.

--strk;

> 
> 
> My system:
> ReaHat: 7.2
> GCC: gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-124.7.2)
> Postgresql: 8.0.0
> Postgis 1RC1
> GEOS-2.1.1
> 
> What do I wrong?????
> 
> With best regards
>  
> Dr. Horst Düster 
> GIS-Koordinator /Amtschef Stv.
> 
> Kanton Solothurn 
> Amt für Geoinformation
> Abteilung SO!GIS Koordination
> Werkhofstr. 65
> CH-4509 Solothurn 
> 
> Tel.: ++41 (0)32 627 25 32 
> Fax: ++41 (0)32 627 22 14
> 
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