qgis +postgis: no files matched glob pattern "postgresql*"

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

qgis +postgis cannot be installed if one does not already have a postgresql port installed:

$ sudo port install qgis +postgis
Error: qgis: Error executing postgis: no files matched glob pattern "postgresql*"
Error: Unable to open port: Error evaluating variants
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

The way the postgis variant is programmed is extremely weird. Ports should not change their behavior based on what other ports are already installed.

[Veence (Vincent)]

Thanks Ryan for pointing this out, I’m going to have a look at this ASAP. I must clean up all the oddities in the Portfile before the next version arrives.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

It's important, in this new world in which we build binaries of ports. The postgresql the user wants to use might not be the postgresql used on the buildbot, for example.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

jmr has fixed this specific error message in r87359/r87360 but the matter of qgis building itself differently depending on the installed postgresql version still remains. I imagine there should be postgresql variants for each supported version instead.

[Veence (Vincent)]

I have modified the Portfile in r91391. You now have to choose explicitly between postgresql 9.0 or 9.1