Re: PostgreSQL 7.1 packages for potato
Will Trillich wrote:
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> # apt-get -f install
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> libpgsql2.1
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> libpgsql2
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> libpgsql2.1
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> 7 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/180kB of archives. After unpacking 492kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> (Reading database ... 46246 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing libpgsql2 ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpgsql2.prerm: /etc/postgresql/postmaster.conf: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing libpgsql2 (--remove):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libpgsql2
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
>
> what's the remedy for this? now, my postgresql seems down for the
> count... :(
>
I ran into this exact same "won't-loop" tonight while moving from Potato
---> Testing using "apt-get dist-upgrade". After about a half hour of
running around the loop and doing all the same stuff that you did, I
fired up dselect and REMOVED the old postgresql packages from Potato
completely including the python-pygresql package, then did another
"apt-get update" and "atp-get dist-upgrade" and everything slid in quite
smoothly...almost <g>. I had some problems with the X upgrade to 4.0.3
(didn't install the fonts), and also it complained about some sort of
ddd conflicts but those were separate issues. I dunno if you can just
use the "apt-get remove postgresql" command or not...didn't think of it
at the time. This was/is a somewhat MAJOR problem in doing an upgrade
as this "loop" comes early in the upgrade and stalls out the process
until you resolve it.
Bottom line: Remove the OLD postgresql packages first (be sure to save
any databases you have somewhere safe) then install the new packages &
restore your database. Be sure to read the docs on migration of your
old db to the 7.1 format. That is what worked here...(on July Fool's
Day <g>).
HTH
-Don Spoon-
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