Re: Bug#236554: Postgresql does not depend on libkrb5-17-heimdal but it is needed for upgrades
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 01:10:53PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> severity 236554 important
> thanks
>
> Hi Steve, hi Oliver, hi d-release!
>
> On 2004-03-17 16:08 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > Hi Steve, hi Oliver!
> >
> > On 2004-03-17 0:43 -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > I question whether this bug should really be considered RC. The binary
> > > that fails comes from the old version of the package, which did have
> > > correct dependencies on libkrb5-17-heimdal; and the database
> > > dump/restore is normally done as part of the upgrade, AIUI; so this
> > > really ought to only fail if something else forced the removal of the
> > > already-installed libkrb5-17-heimdal package at the time of upgrade, and
> > > I can't see any conflicts in the archive that would do this.
> > >
> > > IMHO, this bug ought to be considered "important", not "serious".
> >
> > Oliver planned to upload a new version into woody-proposed-updates
> > which will also save all depended-on libraries. This will ensure a
> > clean upgrade to Sarge and help the situation a litte. However, the
>...
> This bug affects only a small fraction of testing users (it does not
> really affect the sid version) and Oliver will prepare an updated
> woody version (which will prevent missing libraries, thus
> straightening the upgrade path from woody). According to the
> discussion partly quoted above I'm downgrading this bug to important
> now.
This will ensure _nothing_.
It's supported that users upgrade from Debian 3.0r0 to 3.1.
> I'm CC'ing this to -release for some feedback. If somebody objects to
> this downgrade, then please upgrade the bug to RC again; you have time
> for this until libxml2 enters testing.
>
> Thank you for considering and for any comments, and have a nice weekend!
I don't know much about the PostgreSQL packaging, but a working upgrade
from Debian 3.0r0 to Debian 3.1 is definitely a must, and a non-working
database upgrade is without question RC.
> Martin
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