Re: Missing Postgis.control

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, Ryan Taylor <rgtaylor1989(at)gmail(dot)com>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, markus(at)debian(dot)org, pgsql-pkg-debian(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Missing Postgis.control
Date: 2017-06-17 22:24:08
Message-ID: 16853459-596c-7198-18ae-453ccc8170fa@2ndquadrant.com
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On 6/15/17 14:40, Markus Wanner wrote:
> On 06/15/2017 05:43 PM, Ryan Taylor wrote:
>> I thought the "postgis scripts" package was for updating the server's
>> postgis version?
> Correct, it's not strictly needed after CREATE EXTENSION, but the
> extension keeps working without it.

Hmm, this is true but might be confusing in the long run.

> While the *-scripts packages conflict against each other, the extension
> packages (postgresql-X.Y-postgis-M.N) do not, allowing users to upgrade
> without breaking existing installations.

I don't understand this. Upgrade postgresql or upgrade postgis?

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