Re: postgresql 7 (woody) broken - downgraded to frozen

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 01:34:01PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> The upgrade to postgresql 7 is broken rather horribly in several places
> -- postinstall does not work, this has been noted as a bug on the
> tracking system, though the posted fix (changed flags to dbinst) only
> addresses part of the problem.  The bug is now outstanding for over two
> weeks.

I recall Mr. Elphick reporting a week or so ago that users should stick
with the 6.5.3 postgresql for a while as the 7.0 version had some
serious issues.  You know the saying about *.0 version...

> 
> I've resolved the issue on my own system by reverting to the following
> frozen packages:
> 
>     ecpg_6.5.3-18.deb
>     libpgperl_6.5.3-18.deb
>     libpgsql2_6.5.3-18.deb
>     libpgsql_6.3.2-16.1.deb
>     libpgtcl_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql-client_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql-contrib_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql-dev_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql-doc_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql-pl_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql-test_6.5.3-18.deb
>     postgresql_6.5.3-18.deb
> 
> ...downloaded and installed with
> 
>    dpkg -i --force-downgrade *.deb
> 
> ...works
> 
> -- 
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