[postgis-users] shp2pgsql: not accepting the command?

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Hi,

sorry for coming back to this issue... (and for sending a similar mail  
just a couple of minutes ago before I realized that this subject  
already was discussed - but not solved...)

Is there any chance that this subject (for 10.5) has been solved? Any  
suggestions? I used the macports to install postgres (8.2) and postgis  
(1.3.1)...

Thanks for any suggestions. It's weeks now that I try to get the stuff  
running, with lots of (re)installations.... but in vain...

Stef


On Mar 5, 2008, at 4:08 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> Stefan, you're using my PostGIS binary?  I thought I had renamed the  
> Postgis getopt() to force it to be the one used, but looking at my  
> source I see that I didn't, this time.  I must have downloaded a  
> fresh copy of the source and forgot that patch.
>
> And, do you have a 64bit Mac (Core 2 Duo) or one of the first 32bit  
> Core Duo Macs?
>
> Mark, I don't know about the original why, but in this case, the  
> PostGIS getopt() works, while the OSX 10.5 32bit getopt() does not.   
> The 64bit OSX getopt() does work.  There has been a system update  
> since then, so I need to test it again.  (actually, very soon, since  
> I was just about to rebuild for Postgres 8.3)
>
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 4:55 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 05 March 2008 05:51:12 Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
>>
>>> Ah... yes indeed. 10.5.
>>>
>>> So, what do you recommend? Wait and see? Hmm....
>>
>> I think the first question to ask is why do we supply our own copy  
>> of getopt
>> with shp2pgsql/pgsql in the first place? Is it because it's missing  
>> on
>> something like Solaris? My temptation would be to simply remove it,  
>> and let
>> everything use the system getopt...
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Mark.
>
>
>
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