Make GEOS 3.5.0 the minimum required

Closes #3810

git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@15569 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 449cd340bf8850b9209b38937ad207fed4fc959c..b158ef0271adf870bdbfe16c8cc91fe2b8f471ad 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ PostGIS 2.4.0
   - #3748, address_standardizer lookup tables update
            so pagc_normalize_address better standardizes abbreviations
 
+* Breaking Changes *
+  - #3810, GEOS 3.5.0 or above minimum required to compile
+
 
 PostGIS 2.4.0alpha
 2017/08/05

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 701f4d79a7702c5376039ec7d0dc6f50fb3b01a8..091b6c91e3d86c96e965f22d16150907a385b139 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -669,10 +669,10 @@ GEOS_NUMERIC_PATCH_VERSION=`printf "%02d" $GEOS_PATCH_VERSION`
 GEOS_NUMERIC_MINOR_VERSION=`printf "%02d" $GEOS_MINOR_VERSION`
 GEOS_NUMERIC_VERSION="$GEOS_MAJOR_VERSION$GEOS_NUMERIC_MINOR_VERSION$GEOS_NUMERIC_PATCH_VERSION"
 
-dnl Ensure that we are using GEOS >= 3.3.0
+dnl Ensure that we are using GEOS >= 3.5.0
 AC_MSG_RESULT([checking GEOS version... $GEOS_FULL_VERSION])
-if test ! "$GEOS_NUMERIC_VERSION" -ge 30300; then
-       AC_MSG_ERROR([PostGIS requires GEOS >= 3.3.0])
+if test ! "$GEOS_NUMERIC_VERSION" -ge 30500; then
+       AC_MSG_ERROR([PostGIS requires GEOS >= 3.5.0])
 fi
 
 dnl Extract the linker and include flags

diff --git a/doc/installation.xml b/doc/installation.xml
index 38cf59b1e60eac77597c980e890105611f3cace7..584d420cd13feeff55e50bb9a285b3668f1983ca 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/installation.xml
+++ b/doc/installation.xml
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ psql -d yourdatabase -f sfcgal_comments.sql
 
          <listitem>
                <para>
-                 GEOS geometry library, version 3.3 or greater, but GEOS 3.5+ is recommended to take full advantage of all the new functions and features.  Without GEOS 3.5,
+                 GEOS geometry library, version 3.5 or greater, but GEOS 3.7+ is recommended to take full advantage of all the new functions and features.  Without GEOS 3.5,
                        you will be missing some major enhancements such as <xref linkend="ST_ClipByBox2D" /> and <xref linkend="ST_Subdivide" />. GEOS is available for download from
                  <ulink url="http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/">
                        http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
-                 </ulink> and 3.4+ is backward-compatible with older versions so fairly safe to upgrade.
+                 </ulink> and 3.5+ is backward-compatible with older versions so fairly safe to upgrade.
                </para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>