postgresql-common 42 fails to upgrade
I have a Debian Etch machine that I keep up to date. Recently when I
tried to upgrade from (I believe) postgresql-common version 39 to
postgresql-common version 42 in Synaptic, I received an error that a
sub-process install had failed. Like a fool I closed the window before
copying down the original message.
Here's the output I get when running "aptitude reinstall
postgresql-common" as root:
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The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
postgresql-common
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and
13 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Setting up postgresql-common (42) ...
dpkg: error processing postgresql-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
postgresql-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up postgresql-common (42) ...
dpkg: error processing postgresql-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
postgresql-common
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Here's the (partial) output I get when running "dpkg-query -l
postgresql-common":
iF postgresql-common 42
Any ideas why postgresql-common is failing to upgrade? My Postgresql
8.1 server is still operating fine, and I can install/upgrade other
packages. However, this error comes up whenever I run any apt related
command.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Michael Schurter
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