Re: Missing Postgis.control

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, 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: 2017-06-18 15:58:08
Message-ID: cd422b23-b8a3-bb5c-bdc4-83cbeb0e1ac7@bluegap.ch
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On 06/18/2017 12:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 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.

What would be less confusing?

I think it's similar enough to how Debian handles library upgrades.

>> 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?

postgis

Use case: you installed postgis-2.2, created the extension, set it up to
be used in a database, and later do an 'apt-get dist-upgrade', giving
you postgis-2.3. Your database will continue to work (with the
postgis-2.2 version).

Upgrading PostgreSQL is an entirely different story.

Regards

Markus

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