dpkg: File missing at postinst (Re: Bug#98419: Postgresql on sid (fwd))
Can anyone tell me why this file does not get installed in time for the
postinst script to use it? It is a conffile, if that is relevant.
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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 22:07:03 -0400
From: "B.C.J.O" <fade@deepsky.com>
To: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
cc: 98419@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#98419: Postgresql on sid
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> fade@deepsky.com wrote:
> >package: postgresql
> >version: 7.1.1-4
> >
> >Installation of postgresql packages fails spectacularly
> >on a Debian/sid box on i386 which seems related to bug
> >#97550, with the exception that this isn't an upgrade. It
> >is an installation to a clean system, the specs of which
> >are:
> ...
> >Setting up postgresql (7.1.1-4) ...
> >Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/postgresql ...
> >/var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql.postinst: /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf: N
o
> >such
> > file or directory
> >dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> >Errors were encountered while processing:
> > postgresql
> >
> >... I'd be most interested in knowing why postgres is assuming it
> >will find an /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf file before the package
> >is installed. This 7.1 package is rather critical to an academic
> >project at St. John's, due to the field length changes, so I'd be
> >very greatfull for any assistance.
>
> $ dlocate postmaster.conf
> postgresql: /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf
>
> It's in the .deb and should be in place by the time the postinst is run.
> I don't understand why it isn't.
The error is repeatable, and has been ongoing for a number of weeks now. I
can remove all the relevant packages, and rm any trace of postgres from
the filesystem, and I get the same thing.. any suggestions for a
workaround?
Brian
fade@etc.etc.etc.
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