Re: problem updating postgresql package
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 00:35, Malcolm Warren wrote:
> Got the following message updating postgresql to 7.3.2
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Unpacking postgresql (from .../postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> Any help welcome.
I need to see what the error was, so you must modify the preinst
script in the package and put a trace in it. This is a bit complicated
since it is the preinstallation script that is failing and it is only in
the deb:
# mkdir /tmp/pg
# cd /tmp
# ar x /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb control.tar.gz
# cd /tmp/pg
# tar xzf ../control.tar.gz
# vi ./preinst
Add the line "set -x" at line 2 of the script and file it.
# tar czf ../control.tar.gz .
# cd ..
# ar r /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb control.tar.gz
# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb
Now when it fails, we should know roughly what it was trying to do.
(FYI, 7.3.4 is now in unstable.)
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