Re: postgresql 6.5.3 vs. debian

[w trillich <will@pinncomp.net>]

Oliver Elphick wrote:
> 
> w trillich wrote:
>   ># apt-get install postgresql
>   ><yada yada>
>   >ps: unknown long option
>   >usage:  ps acehjlnrsSuvwx{t<tty>|#|O[-]u[-]U..} \
>   >           --sort:[-]key1,[-]key2,...
>   >           --help gives you this message
>   >           --version prints version information
> 
> You need to update procps, because the command line options of ps changed
> a lot and postgresql's installation scripts use the new options.

	aha. i think i see light at the end of the tunnel.

# apt-get install procps
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 320 not upgraded.
<yada yada>

	all went well. hopes are up.

> After doing that, do `dpkg --pending --configure', which should pick up
> postgresql and run its post-installation script again.

	sounds easy.

# dpkg --pending --configure
#

	hopes are down a tad. didn't seem to do anything! so i try

# dpkg --configure postgresql
dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
 package postgresql is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status `installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 postgresql

	hopes are back where they were.

	maybe i'll deinstall and then reinstall (fifth 
	time's the charm)

> Then go and read the migration README, as recommended. (see above)

	when i get there, i will be sure to do so...

	i sure appreciate all you folks giving suggestions, but
	lemme tellya it's hard to keep the positive attitude!
	i can tell that the debian arrangement is kick-ass... this
	apt-get looks wonderful, much better than the rpm stuff
	i've seen. IN THEORY. my encounters in practice are of
	course tainted by all these blood-tipped strands of hair
	all over the floor around my chair. (can't figure out
	where they came from, either.)