Documented loader support for 0.x versions

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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 PostGIS 1.0.0
        - NEW manual pages for loader/dumper
+       - NEW shp2pgsql support for old (HWGEOM) postgis versions
 
 PostGIS 1.0.0RC6
 2005/03/30

diff --git a/doc/man/shp2pgsql.1 b/doc/man/shp2pgsql.1
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--- a/doc/man/shp2pgsql.1
+++ b/doc/man/shp2pgsql.1
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ shp2pgsql - shapefile to postgis loader
 shp2pgsql [\fIoptions\fR] \fIshapefile\fR [\fIschema\fR\fB.\fR]\fItable\fR
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP 
-The shp2pgsql data loader converts ESRI Shape files into SQL suitable for insertion into a PostGIS/PostgreSQL database. Produced output is NOT compatible
-with pre\-1.0.0 versions of PostGIS.
+The shp2pgsql data loader converts ESRI Shape files into SQL suitable for insertion into a PostGIS/PostgreSQL database. 
+
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .LP 
 The loader has several operating modes distinguished by command line flags:
@@ -37,10 +37,16 @@ Creates and populates the geometry tables with the specified SRID.
 \fB\-k\fR
 Keep idendifiers case (column, schema and attributes). Note that attributes in Shapefile are all UPPERCASE.
 
-
 .TP 
 \fB\-i\fR
 Coerce all integers to standard 32\-bit integers, do not create 64\-bit bigints, even if the DBF header signature appears to warrant it.
+
+.TP 
+\fB\-w\fR
+Output WKT format, for use with older (0.x) versions of PostGIS.
+Note that this will introduce coordinate drifts and will drop
+M values from shapefiles.
+
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .LP 
 An example session using the loader to create an input file and uploading it might look like this:

diff --git a/doc/postgis.xml b/doc/postgis.xml
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--- a/doc/postgis.xml
+++ b/doc/postgis.xml
@@ -1319,6 +1319,19 @@ COMMIT;</programlisting>
               to warrant it.</para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
+
+          <varlistentry>
+            <term>-w</term>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>
+                     Output WKT format, for use with older (0.x) versions of PostGIS.
+              Note  that this will introduce coordinate drifts and will drop M
+              values from shapefiles.
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+          </varlistentry>
+
         </variablelist>
 
         <para>An example session using the loader to create an input file and