Re: Missing Postgis.control

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: 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: 2017-06-15 18:40:22
Message-ID: ec5beb31-d396-4b2c-6cf8-ae9a7a5a41fc@bluegap.ch
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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.

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.

> "This package contains SQL scripts to upgrade from earlier PostGIS
> versions for PostgreSQL 9.6 as well as Perl utility scripts."

As this hasn't quite clarified it, can you maybe provide a better
description?

Kind Regards

Markus Wanner

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