npgsql · roji · Oct 30, 2025 · Oct 30, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ jobs:
      is_release: ${{ steps.analyze_tag.outputs.is_release }}
      is_prerelease: ${{ steps.analyze_tag.outputs.is_prerelease }}

+    # Installing PostGIS on Windows is complicated/unreliable, so we don't test on it.
+    # The NPGSQL_TEST_POSTGIS environment variable ensures that if PostGIS isn't installed,
+    # the PostGIS tests fail and therefore fail the build.
+    env:
+      NPGSQL_TEST_POSTGIS: ${{ !startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows') }}
+
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -89,28 +95,6 @@ jobs:
          # Match Npgsql CI Docker image and stash one level up
          cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.build/{server.crt,server.key} pgsql

-          # Find OSGEO version number
-          OSGEO_VERSION=$(\
-            curl -Ls https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/windows/pg${{ matrix.pg_major }} |
-            sed -n 's/.*>postgis-bundle-pg${{ matrix.pg_major }}-\(${{ env.postgis_version }}.[0-9]*.[0-9]*\)x64.zip<.*/\1/p' |
-            tail -n 1)
-          if [ -z "$OSGEO_VERSION" ]; then
-              OSGEO_VERSION=$(\
-                curl -Ls https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/windows/pg${{ matrix.pg_major }}/archive |
-                sed -n 's/.*>postgis-bundle-pg${{ matrix.pg_major }}-\(${{ env.postgis_version }}.[0-9]*.[0-9]*\)x64.zip<.*/\1/p' |
-                tail -n 1)
-              POSTGIS_PATH="archive/"
-          else
-              POSTGIS_PATH=""
-          fi
-
-          # Install PostGIS
-          echo "Installing PostGIS (version: ${OSGEO_VERSION})"
-          POSTGIS_FILE="postgis-bundle-pg${{ matrix.pg_major }}-${OSGEO_VERSION}x64"
-          curl -o postgis.zip -L https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/windows/pg${{ matrix.pg_major }}/${POSTGIS_FILE}.zip
-          unzip postgis.zip -d postgis
-          cp -a postgis/$POSTGIS_FILE/. pgsql/
-
          # Start PostgreSQL
          pgsql/bin/initdb -D pgsql/PGDATA -E UTF8 -U postgres
          pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D pgsql/PGDATA -l logfile -o '-c max_connections=200 -c max_prepared_transactions=10 -c ssl=true -c ssl_cert_file=../server.crt -c ssl_key_file=../server.key' start

diff --git a/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/TestUtilities/RequiresPostgisAttribute.cs b/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/TestUtilities/RequiresPostgisAttribute.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.TestUtilities;
+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.TestUtilities;

 [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method | AttributeTargets.Class)]
 public sealed class RequiresPostgisAttribute : Attribute, ITestCondition
 {
    public ValueTask<bool> IsMetAsync()
-        => new(TestEnvironment.IsPostgisAvailable);
+        => new(TestEnvironment.IsPostgisAvailable || Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NPGSQL_TEST_POSTGIS")?.ToLower(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) is "1" or "true");

    public string SkipReason
-        => "Requires PostGIS";
+        => "PostGIS isn't installed, skipping";
 }