Re: help! - how to get postgres 7.3 back
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 00:35, Richard Lyons wrote:
> I went to
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/postgresql/
> and got postgresql-client and postgresql, both 7.3.4-9. Then this is
> what happened:
> -----------------------
> dpkg -i /home/richard/files/temp/postgres*.deb
...
> postgresql_7.3.4-9_i386.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing postgresql
> Setting up postgresql-client (7.3.4-9) ...
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /home/richard/files/temp/postgresql_7.3.4-9_i386.deb
> ----------------------------
> So there apparently was no problem with the client but the server
> failed. I was stumped then to know what to do next.
Use --force-depends and --force-conflicts.
I explained this in a mail that I did not cc to the list; tell me if you
want me to resend it.
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