[postgis-users] Compatibility with PostgreSQL 8.1.2

[Stephen Davies]

FWIW, I have successfully built PostGIS 1.1.0 with 8.1.2 without any 
hassles.

However, I always build from source tarballs; never from RPMs.

Cheers,
Stephen Davies

On Thursday 02 February 2006 06:30, 
postgis-users-request at postgis.refractions.net wrote:
> Re: [postgis-users] Compatibility with PostgreSQL 8.1.2
>  From: "Bert Hinrichs" <a.hinrichs1 at comcast.net>
>  To: "PostGIS Users Discussion"
> <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Koormann" <frank.koormann at intevation.de>
> To: "PostGIS Users Discussion"
> <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net> Sent: Monday, January 30,
> 2006 10:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Compatibility with PostgreSQL 8.1.2
>
> > Bert,
> >
> > * Bert Hinrichs <a.hinrichs1 at comcast.net> [060131 05:32]:
> >>    I successfully download, installed, and set up PostgreSQL 8.1.2
> >> for Fedora
> >>    Core 4 from rpms.
> >>
> >>    I attempted to use the PosgGIS 1.1.0 rpms.  It did a sort of
> >> half-a$$ed
> >>    install (read that somethings installed and some didn't),
> >
> > To improve the packages it would be helpful to know where the
> > packages are from and what problems you actually encountered.
>
> The PostgreSQL packages came from:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.2/linux/rpms/fedora/fedora-
>core-4/
>
> these packages have names like:
>
> postgresql-8.1.2-1PGDG.i686.rpm rather than having the typical fc4
> kind of label I see on the rpms for the 8.0.6 versions currently at
> fedora/redhat sites.
>
> The PostGis packages came from:
>
> http://postgis.refractions.net/rpms/fedora/fedora-core-4/
>
> The problem was a Failed Dependency on PostgreSQL 8.1.1.  PostgreSQL
> 8.1.2 is installed.
>
> From the Yum screen:
>
> --> Processing Dependency: postgresql = 8.1.1 for package: postgis
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: postgresql = 8.1.1 is needed by package
> postgis
>
> >>    Everything I've read keeps coming back to build from the
> >> source, but to do
> >>    that, it appears that you cannot have installed PostgreSQL from
> >> a binary
> >>    rpm.  It seems that you have to have built PostgreSQL from a
> >> source rpm
> >>    because it appears that I have to unpack the tarball into a
> >> contrib source
> >>    tree.
> >>
> >>    Is this true?
> >
> > No. Since PostGIS 1.1.0 you only need the PostgreSQL development
> > packages and can run configure with the
> >
> > --with-pgsql=<FULL PATH to pg_config>
>
> Ok, but I assume that it would still take the srpm versions of the
> PostgreSQL development packages rather than the binary rpm versions
> of the development packages and it would still require a build of the
> source code of PostGis and a manual install taking the management of
> PostGIS out from under the typical yum tool.  Correct? Does the
> PostGIS build environment have an uninstall capability in case it
> needed to be removed?
>
> Sorry if these seem like simple or stupid questions, but I may have
> to set up and manage about 7 of these installations.
>

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