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

Paul Ramsey pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
Thu Apr 10 07:26:55 PDT 2008


There is a patch in svn now, download postgis-svn and see if things
are better, they should be.

P

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Stefan Schwarzer
<stefan.schwarzer at grid.unep.ch> wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/
> >
> > "This is a question about the past, is it? ... How can I tell that the
> past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my
> immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"
> >
> > - The Ruler of the Universe
> >
> >
>
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