It looks like I was hit by this bug. It is not really serious as aptitude can recover by running configure again but it might help explain what is going wrong.
Regards, Kim Setting up postgresql-client-8.3 (8.3.4-1) ... Setting up postgresql-8.3 (8.3.4-1) ... Starting PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: mainThe PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: 2008-09-29 08:53:50 UTC FATAL: could not access private key file "server.key": Permission denied failed! failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.3, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.3 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql: postgresql depends on postgresql-8.3; however: Package postgresql-8.3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up postgresql-client (8.3.4-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-contrib-8.3: postgresql-contrib-8.3 depends on postgresql-8.3; however: Package postgresql-8.3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing postgresql-contrib-8.3 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-contrib: postgresql-contrib depends on postgresql-contrib-8.3; however: Package postgresql-contrib-8.3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing postgresql-contrib (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up postgresql-doc-8.3 (8.3.4-1) ... Setting up postgresql-doc (8.3.4-1) ... Setting up rsync (3.0.4-3) ... rsync daemon not enabled in /etc/default/rsync, not starting... (warning). Setting up ssl-cert (1.0.23) ... Setting up transmission-common (1.33-2) ... Setting up transmission-gtk (1.33-2) ... Setting up x-ttcidfont-conf (30) ... Updating font configuration of x-ttcidfont-conf... Cleaning up category cmap.. Cleaning up category cid.. Cleaning up category truetype.. Updating category truetype.. Updating category cid.. Updating category cmap.. Setting up debian-maintainers (1.45) ... Setting up lynx-cur (2.8.7dev10-2) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/lynx-cur/lynx.cfg ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays. W: mdadm: no arrays defined in configuration file. Processing triggers for menu ... Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.3 postgresql postgresql-contrib-8.3 postgresql-contrib E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up postgresql-8.3 (8.3.4-1) ... Starting PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: main. Setting up postgresql-contrib-8.3 (8.3.4-1) ... Setting up postgresql-contrib (8.3.4-1) ... Setting up postgresql (8.3.4-1) ... Press return to continue. -- Kim Hansen Vadgårdsvej 3, 2.tv 2860 Søborg Fastnet: 3956 2437 -- Mobil: 3091 2437 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
