BUG #16354: No geos 3.8.1 package for RHEL 8

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 16354
Logged by: Oleg D.
Email address: dzoleg(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 12.2
Operating system: CentOS 8
Description:

# yum install postgis25_12
Last metadata expiration check: 0:30:37 ago on Fri 10 Apr 2020 12:19:20 AM
MSK.
Error:
Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job
- nothing provides geos38 >= 3.8.1 needed by
postgis25_12-2.5.4-1.rhel8.x86_64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to
use not only best candidate packages)

# yum list geos38
Last metadata expiration check: 0:32:41 ago on Fri 10 Apr 2020 12:19:20 AM
MSK.
Available Packages
geos38.x86_64
3.8.0-1.rhel8

pgdg-common

Hi,

On Thu, 2020-04-09 at 21:53 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>
> Bug reference: 16354
> Logged by: Oleg D.
> Email address: dzoleg(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 12.2
> Operating system: CentOS 8
> Description:
>
> # yum install postgis25_12
> Last metadata expiration check: 0:30:37 ago on Fri 10 Apr 2020 12:19:20 AM
> MSK.
> Error:
> Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job
> - nothing provides geos38 >= 3.8.1 needed by
> postgis25_12-2.5.4-1.rhel8.x86_64
> (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to
> use not only best candidate packages)

Please read this post, details are there:

/about/news/2027/

Regards,
--
Devrim Gündüz
Open Source Solution Architect, Red Hat Certified Engineer
Twitter: @DevrimGunduz , @DevrimGunduzTR

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 21:29, Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2020-04-09 at 21:53 +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> >
> > Bug reference: 16354
> > Logged by: Oleg D.
> > Email address: dzoleg(at)gmail(dot)com
> > PostgreSQL version: 12.2
> > Operating system: CentOS 8
> > Description:
> >
> > # yum install postgis25_12
> > Last metadata expiration check: 0:30:37 ago on Fri 10 Apr 2020 12:19:20
> AM
> > MSK.
> > Error:
> > Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job
> > - nothing provides geos38 >= 3.8.1 needed by
> > postgis25_12-2.5.4-1.rhel8.x86_64
> > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest'
> to
> > use not only best candidate packages)
>
> Please read this post, details are there:
>
> /about/news/2027/
>
> Devrim,

I think this report is not related to the new repository changes, i got:

root(at)centos8 ~]# yum list pgdg-redhat-repo
Last metadata expiration check: 0:18:08 ago on Tue 21 Apr 2020 07:20:55 PM
UTC.
Installed Packages
pgdg-redhat-repo.noarch

42.0-9

@@commandline
[root(at)centos8 ~]# yum install postgresql11 postgis24_11
Last metadata expiration check: 0:18:20 ago on Tue 21 Apr 2020 07:20:55 PM
UTC.
Error:
Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job
- nothing provides geos38 >= 3.8.1 needed by
postgis24_11-2.4.8-9.rhel8.x86_64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to
use not only best candidate packages)
[root(at)centos8 ~]# yum list geos38
Last metadata expiration check: 0:18:26 ago on Tue 21 Apr 2020 07:20:55 PM
UTC.
Available Packages
geos38.x86_64

3.8.0-1.rhel8

pgdg-common
geos38.x86_64

3.8.0-1.rhel8

pgdg94

geos 3.8.1 doesn't seem to be available, despite this commit from a few
days ago.

commit: e2bbcfcb9c838726e7a52793ef8cd395d60f8242
author: Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:41:04 +0000
committer: Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 01:41:04 +0000
geos38: Update to 3.8.1

Is it possible that new packages have not been built?

Regards,

--
Euler Taveira http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

Hi,

On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 16:47 -0300, Euler Taveira wrote:

> I think this report is not related to the new repository changes, i got:

Right, and apologies.

Fixed, the packages will sync in a few minutes.

Regards,
--
Devrim Gündüz
Open Source Solution Architect, Red Hat Certified Engineer
Twitter: @DevrimGunduz , @DevrimGunduzTR

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 21:14, Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> wrote:

>
> Fixed, the packages will sync in a few minutes.
>
> Devrim, thanks for such a quick fix.

--
Euler Taveira http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services