id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
11488	ValueError: too many values to unpack when POSTGIS_VERSION in settings	anonymous	nobody	"On syncdb with contrib.gis installed and POSTGIS_VERSION in settings, i get a `ValueError: too many values to unpack`

{{{
File ""C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\db\backend\postgis\query.py"", line 28, in <module>
     POSTGIS_VERSION, MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION1, MINOR_VERSION2 = version_tuple
}}}

in settings:
{{{
POSTGIS_VERSION='1.3.6'
}}}

When i remove that setting, syncdb works.

It appears in http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/contrib/gis/db/backend/postgis/query.py that when POSTGIS_VERSION is not in the settings, postgis_version_tuple() returns a tuple in this format: ('1.3.6',1,3,6) whereas the GIS docs (http://geodjango.org/docs/testing.html#postgis-version) say to set POSTGIS_VERSION in the format i used.  When POSTGIS_VERSION is returned, the tuple only has one element, not the four required.

i noted that the code says ""This setting is intentionally undocumented"" so i don't know what course of action is appropriate."		closed	GIS	dev		fixed			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0