[postgis-users] Gentoo/Debian Packages using 1.1.0CVS?

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

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> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> Behalf Of david techer
> Sent: 15 September 2005 11:53
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Gentoo/Debian Packages using 1.1.0CVS?
> 
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I think my friend Gerald FENOY will answer U as soon as possible.
> 
> I hope I don't make mistake...So excuse-me I'll say something wrong
> 
> So Why using 1.1.0CVS instead of 1.0.X?
> 
> Because 1.1.0CVS, as U know doesn't require PostgreSQL Sources...
> 
> On Gentoo If U already have PostgerSQL installed with example 
> thanks to 
> emerge command
> 
> when U want to compil/build postgis 1.0.X U will have to 
> download again 
> PostgreSQL sources
> and to compil it again.
> 
> (emerge requires it automatically..) before compiling PostGIS.
> 
> So it seems not to be interesting to have to compil 
> PostgreSQL one more 
> times if U have a binary distrib already installed...This is 
> the technic 
> from series 1.0.X of PostGIS
> 
> Whereas with 1.1.0CVS, PostGIS doesn't need PostgreSQL sources..So in 
> Gentoo, emerge only PostGIS 1.1.0 CVS
> by CVS or tarball....U have to compil it and install it. It doesn't 
> require a second PostgerSQL download, compil, install and so on....
> 
> By the way since Gerald FENOY automatically does a postgis 1.1.0 cvs 
> tarball
> when he want to build a PosTGIS ebuild for Gentoo...
> 
> I hope what I said is enough understandable :-)
> 
> Regards David


Hi David,

Ah right, in that case I understand now. I have to agree with Sandro - label
the builds separately as 1.1.0CVS builds, along with the date. Finding bugs
is hard otherwise ;)


Kind regards,

Mark.

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