[#173] postgis testcase not usable with recent debian systems

If you feel you can add something useful for the README
just do it.

Bernhard,

You're right. Adding pg_ctl to the PATH made everything work fine.

Should we update test/README with a specific text for recent Debian installation ? The last lines of the text already specify that the PATH should be adjusted to get all the Postgresql command line programes.

I believe the solution to this issue is
to add pg_ctl to the path before calling the test.
Adding something to the instructions should be fine.

Didrik: I tested with Sid.
The pg_ctl command is still there, it just misses
from the normal PATH.

Check: dpkg --search pg_ctl
or dpkg -L postgresql-8.1 | grep pg_ctl

Instead of dealing with distribution specific stuff, would it be an option to control "postmaster" directly?

pg_ctl is doing only slightly more than launching the postmaster it expects in the same directory and sending a SIGTERM on shutdown.

Running a Debian/Sid system, I don't have anymore the pg_ctl command. I'm trying to identify the difference and how to update postgissupport.py so that it can use the pg_ctlcluster command.

I'll try to create a little patch for newer debian systems.

Dirik, sorry for the last ping, I just had missed your response.

Just committed Revision 2714 which improves the
situation using the direct path for pg_ctl.
You need to adapt the path in test/postgissupport.py,
see the examples there.

Now left is to detect which version of pg_ctl to use
automatically.
If we wanted to use pg_ctlcluster, we would also need
to detect this and use more variants in postgissupport.py.

Didrik?

It's a Debian specific problem

Is this a general problem with postgis or
only a problem of the Debian packages?