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+/**********************************************************************
+ *
+ * PostGIS - Spatial Types for PostgreSQL
+ * http://postgis.net
+ *
+ * PostGIS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * PostGIS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with PostGIS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ **********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Regina Obe <lr@pcorp.us>
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+/******************************************************************************
+ * This file is to hold functions we no longer use,
+ * but we need to keep because they were used at one time behind SQL API functions.
+ * This is to ease pg_upgrade upgrades
+ *
+ * All functions in this file should throw an error telling the user to upgrade
+ * the install
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "../postgis_config.h"
+#include "lwgeom_pg.h"
+
+/** pgis_abs_in: Removed PostGIS 2.5.0 **/
+Datum pgis_abs_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pgis_abs_in);
+
+Datum
+pgis_abs_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+ ereport(ERROR,(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("function %s is out of date. Run: ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE;", __func__)));
+ PG_RETURN_POINTER(NULL);
+}
+
+/** pgis_abs_out: Removed PostGIS 2.5.0 **/
+Datum pgis_abs_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pgis_abs_out);
+Datum
+pgis_abs_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+ ereport(ERROR,(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+ errmsg("function %s is out of date. Run: ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE;", __func__)));
+ PG_RETURN_POINTER(NULL);
+}
+
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+/**********************************************************************
+ *
+ * PostGIS - Spatial Types for PostgreSQL
+ * http://postgis.net
+ *
+ * PostGIS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * PostGIS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with PostGIS. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ **********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Regina Obe <lr@pcorp.us>
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ * This file is to hold functions we no longer use,
+ * but we need to keep because they were used at one time behind SQL API functions.
+ * This is to ease pg_upgrade upgrades
+ *
+ * All functions in this file should throw an error telling the user to upgrade
+ * the install
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <postgres.h>
+#include <fmgr.h>
+
+#include "rtpostgis.h"
+
+/** obsolete as of 2.5.0 stubbing for smoother upgrade from 2.4 **/
+Datum RASTER_to_binary(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Removed in PostGIS 2.5.0
+ */
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(RASTER_to_binary);
+Datum RASTER_to_binary(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+
+ elog(ERROR, "RASTER_to_binary: This function is out of date. Run: ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPDATE; SELECT PostGIS_Extensions_Upgrade();");
+
+}
+
+