[postgis-users] Question about the postgis-1.1.0.spec file

[DANTE ALEXANDRA]

Hi Markus,

I talk about the spec file obtained from the Linux Source rpm 
"postgis-1.1.0-2.src.rpm" available at the address 
"http://postgis.refractions.net/rpms/SRPMS/".
Could you explain me what can I do with the sub-packages "utils" and 
"jdbc2" ?

When I launch the command : rpm -i postgis-1.1.0-2.src.rpm, I get under 
the directory SOURCES, 3 files : postgis-1.1.0.tar.gz, 
filter-requires-perl-Pg.sh, postgis-jdbcdedectver.sh.
Could you explain me why are the "filter-requires-perl-Pg.sh" and 
"postgis-jdbcdedectver.sh" are include in the source rpm ? for what are 
they used ?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,
Alexandra


Markus Schaber a écrit :

>Hi, Dante,
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>DANTE ALEXANDRA wrote:
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>>I am a PostGIS newbie and I've got a question about the
>>"postgis-1.1.0.spec" file.
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>I guess you talk about a RPM/DEB spec file?
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>>In this spec file, the package "utils" and "jdbc2" are defined as
>>sub-package of PostGIS.
>>Could you explain me why please ?
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>PostGIS currently can be seen as four parts:
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>- The PostGIS server extension, to be installed on the server
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>- The loader / dumper and other utilities, to be installed on clients
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>- The jdbc driver extension, to be installed on java clients
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>- The documentation, to be read by humans
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>>If I compile PostGIS from the source code, from the
>>"postgis-1.1.1.tar.gz <postgis-1.1.1.tar.gz>" file, do I need to add
>>these sub-package ?
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>That depends on what you need to do.
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>HTH,
>Markus
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