Hi!

GOMBAS Gabor [2005-03-23 14:32 +0100]:
> However I'm now reasonably confident that this is the result of this line
> in (some) old postgresql postinst:
> 
> /sbin/start-stop-daemon --chuid postgres --name enable_lang --startas 
> /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/enable_lang --start -- plpgsql --all >/dev/null 2>&1 
> || true
> 
> In version 7.4.7 this is protected by a debconf variable but in version
> 7.2.1 (from Woody) enable_lang was called unconditionally.

Ah, right, thanks for this. So it may actually be enough to disable
the PL/PGSQL language before the upgrade and enable it again
afterwards (if it was enabled before).

> I have a feeling that this problem will affect people who originally
> created their databases under Woody (or before) and upgraded from there,
> so I think it should be mentioned in README.Debian at least.

Certainly, I will try again to fix it, and if this cannot be done in a
robust way, I just document it.

> What may be more important that postgresql 7.4.7-3 puts an explicit
> dynamic_library_path setting in postgresql.conf that is not updated
> during the upgrade, and that may cause problems.

Of course, this will be fixed soon.

Thanks for your testing and feedback!

Martin

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