[postgis-users] Makefile syntax problem with 1.2/8.2?

[strk at refractions.net]

On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 05:58:21PM +0900, Nick Bower wrote:
> Thanks Devrim.  In the end I had to compile lwgeom by hand, removing the 
> offending gcc arg "/usr/lib", then re-ran the top-level Makefile.  
> Thanks for so adeptly tracking down the source of the problem!
> 
> FYI, my geos is 2.2.1 so 12 months old and perhaps time to upgrade.  
> Even if your fix isn't accepted, a note will need to be placed into the 
> Postgis system requirements for a minimum supported level of geos deployed.

I've committed a fix for this, to be tested.
Are you sure GEOS-2.2.1 doesn't provide the --ldflags switch
for geos-config ? Seems to be there since 2.2.0:

2005-11-30 17:03  strk

        * tools/geos-config.in: Added --ldflags

--strk;