Re: [Pkg-grass-general] postgis
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:15:53AM +0100, Roberto Boati wrote:
> > We're testing postgis package. We found some problems:
> > - shp2pgsql and pgsql2shp are not available
>
> Those files are placed in /usr/lib/postgresql/bin, exactly where
> postgis install them.
>
> > - (possibly as a consequence of this) qgis refuses to import shapefiles into
> > postgresql
> > Is it necessary to modify the package, or am I wrong?
>
> I could:
> 1. move the files in /usr/bin
> 2. create a link or an alternative
>
> I dont know which is best, It could be also a problem of qgis in
> looking for those commands (is that search not configurable ?), but
> for me the change is very simple.
> Any one has suggestion?
Yes, symlinking in place and move them to /usr/bin. They are user
commands, not internal ones. So it's a FHS violation.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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