[Ubuntu] Recent update of libgeos to 3.4.2 in unstable breaks upstream shapely

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

I tried to install python-shapely and use it with UbuntuGIS-unstable.
The problem I encountered was:

File "/build/buildd/python-shapely-1.2.14/shapely/geos.py", line 100, in <module>
     geos_capi_version = geos_c_version = _geos_c_version()
   File "/build/buildd/python-shapely-1.2.14/shapely/geos.py", line 98, in _geos_c_version
     return tuple(int(n) for n in v.split('.'))
   File "/build/buildd/python-shapely-1.2.14/shapely/geos.py", line 98, in <genexpr>
     return tuple(int(n) for n in v.split('.'))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '2 r3921'


Same error appeared when I tried to build shapely in our ppa.

https://launchpadlibrarian.net/184157045/buildlog_ubuntu-precise-amd64.python-shapely_1.2.14-2~precise1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

Fortunately, 3.3.8 is still in UbuntuGIS-stable ppa.

Best,
Angelos

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Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos