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Bug 926053

Summary: dev-db/postgis-3.4.1: update URL in postinst messages
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: John L. Poole <prestopoole>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: PgSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: fkobi, sci-geosciences
Priority: Normal Keywords: PullRequest
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/38870
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Description John L. Poole 2024-03-02 21:26:14 UTC
The text printed to the console at the end of a successful install of dev-db/postgis-3.4.1 has:

>>> Installing (1 of 1) dev-db/postgis-3.4.1::gentoo
* Refreshing PostgreSQL symlinks ...
Unsetting 16 as default...done.
Setting 16 as the default...success!                                                                                                                                             [ ok ]
* To finish installing PostGIS, follow the directions detailed at:
* https://postgis.net/docs/manual-3.4/postgis_installation.html#create_new_db_extensions

>>> Completed (1 of 1) dev-db/postgis-3.4.1::gentoo

* Messages for package dev-db/postgis-3.4.1:

* To finish installing PostGIS, follow the directions detailed at:
* https://postgis.net/docs/manual-3.4/postgis_installation.html#create_new_db_extensions

* GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
ryzdesk /etc/portage # 

The better URL for directions is at: https://postgis.net/docs/manual-3.3/postgis_administration.html#create_spatial_db

The ebuild should be modified to reflect the latter URL.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge dev-db/postgis-3.4.1

Actual Results:  
* To finish installing PostGIS, follow the directions detailed at:
* https://postgis.net/docs/manual-3.4/postgis_installation.html#create_new_db_extensions
Comment 1 Filip Kobierski 2024-10-04 07:18:56 UTC
I confirm this bug and I'll get a PR to fix this.
The url is right right for 3.0 series, but for > 3.0 it points to a non-existent header.