Package: postgis Version: 1.5.3-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
Since 1.5.3, pgsql2shp and shp2pgsql have moved from /usr/bin to /usr/lib/postgresql/X.Y/bin and have moved from the postgis package to the postgresql-X.Y-postgis package. This is annoying because users expect these tools to be in their default $PATH, and scripts/cron jobs/etc using them will break after upgrading from 1.5.2 to 1.5.3. Furthermore, it was previously possible to install these tools on a postgresql client machine and use the -h switch to connect to a remote postgresql server. All that was needed was libpq. Now, if you want to do this, you are forced by dependencies to install a complete postgresql server on your client machine. In any case, thanks for the packaging work ! -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash postgis depends on no packages. postgis recommends no packages. Versions of packages postgis suggests: ii postgresql-9.1-postgis 1.5.3-1 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
