[postgis-users] Fatal: Symbol pj_set_searchpath

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Mar 4 05:34:41 PST 2008


Christian Schaffer wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> compiling Postgis 1.3.2 on a Solaris 10 x86_64, I?m running into a fatal 
> error while executing lwpostgis.sql.
> My prerequisites are:
> Solaris 10, x86_64
> Postgres 8.2.6 (packaged for Solaris by www.blastwave.org)
> proj 4.4.8 (packaged for Solaris by www.blastwave.org)
> geos 3.0.0 (compiled myself)
...
> This is the output:
> # psql -d template_postgis -f test.txt -U postgres
> psql:test.txt:4: NOTICE:  type "histogram2d" is not yet defined
> DETAIL:  Creating a shell type definition.
> psql:test.txt:4: ERROR:  could not load library 
> "/usr/local/postgis-1.3.2/lib/liblwgeom.so": ld.so.1: postgres: Schwerer 
> Fehler: Verschiebungsfehler: Datei 
> /usr/local/postgis-1.3.2/lib/liblwgeom.so: Symbol pj_set_searchpath: 
> referenziertes Symbol nicht gefunden
> 
> Google didn?t tell me much about this error. So I?d appreciate, if you 
> were able to help.

Chris,

It appears that pj_searchpath() was added to PROJ.4 in 4.4.9 (back in 2004!)

I think you will need to either upgrade to a newer PROJ.4 or comment out this
call which may impede finding datum shift files.

Best regards,
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