[postgis-users] no coveredby in liblwgeom.1.3.so

[Steve Sweet]

I should have include my configure statement:
 
./configure --with-pgsql --with-geos --with-proj=/usr/local/proj

Steve Sweet wrote:
> I'm trying to build postgis-1.3.1 on a Centos 5.0 system (same as 
> RedHat EL 5.0).  I built the prerequisite's immediately prior, 
> including postgresql and when it comes to the step of applying 
> lwpostgis.sql, I get exactly the same behavior referenced in this 
> posting from August 17th 
> (http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-users/2007-August/016749.html) 
> : the script runs fine until near the end when I get this message:
> psql:lwpostgis.sql:4093: ERROR:  could not find function "coveredby" 
> in file "/usr/lib/pgsql/liblwgeom.so.1.3"
> Every transaction after that step fails.
> The linker shows it knows of the library
> [root at dev postgis-1.3.1]# /sbin/ldconfig -v | grep geom
>        liblwgeom.so.1 -> liblwgeom.so.1.3
> and since most of the script runs fine it seems that the library is 
> being used.
>
> This is the first build on a virgin system so there are no previous 
> library versions hanging around:
> [root at dev pgsql]# ls -l liblwgeom*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     16 Oct  5 12:48 liblwgeom.so -> 
> liblwgeom.so.1.3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     16 Oct  5 12:48 liblwgeom.so.1 -> 
> liblwgeom.so.1.3
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 999008 Oct  5 12:48 liblwgeom.so.1.3
>
> and there is no "coveredby" or anything close in liblwgeom.so.1.3
> [root at dev pgsql]# nm -o liblwgeom.so.1.3 | grep -i cover
> [root at dev pgsql]#
>
> I'm stuck.  The answer in the previous thread was essentially "wait a 
> bit then re-grab the source and try again" but that was quite some 
> time ago.  Has any one experienced and overcome this?  Thanks.
>
> Steve
>
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