location of postgis.sql & spatial_ref_sys.sql need to be corrected.

[Eric Jarvies]

Currently the PostGIS instructions indicate the user should do this:

$ psql -d template_postgis -f $POSTGIS_SQL_PATH/postgis.sql
$ psql -d template_postgis -f $POSTGIS_SQL_PATH/spatial_ref_sys.sql

it errors with this:

/usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-1.5.2/postgis.sql: No such file or directory

The reason for the directory not being found, is because the postgis.sql & spatial_ref_sys.sql files are located in a 1.5 folder instead of a 1.5.2 folder:

/usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-1.5/

Eric Jarvies

[anonymous]

This ticket pertains to the instructions located at: ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/install/#ref-gis-install

[Aymeric Augustin]

Fixed formatting (please use preview).

[Aymeric Augustin]

The docs contain this line:

POSTGIS_SQL_PATH=`pg_config --sharedir`/contrib/postgis-1.5

which resolves to

POSTGIS_SQL_PATH=/usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-1.5

However, your report shows that you have

POSTGIS_SQL_PATH=/usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/postgis-1.5.2

(with an extra .2 at the end).

I don't understand how you end up with this value. The problem might be on your side.

If I missed something in the docs, could you provide more information, like the distribution you're using, the sequence of commands you typed, and the point where the procedure failed?