Package: postgresql-common
Version: 255
Severity: minor
The package remove script for postgresql-client-* tries to source the
maintscripts-functions that comes with postgresql-common.
If removing both packages at the same time, the dpkg system might decide
to remove -common before -client, and thus the -client prerm script
fails as it can't find the maintscripts-functions file anymore.
I don't know if it's possible to force the package removal order, but if
not then some error handling should be added to the remove scripts, or
the relevant function(s) should be included in-place in the -client
remove scripts.
I ran into this issue when I was about to upgrade pgsql packages from 15
to 16, but then noticed that the server is actually using a different
database backend, and then decided to remove the unnecessary pgsql
packages. This going back and forth might have affected the package
removal order.
Best Regards,
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Aleksi Suhonen
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