Package: postgresql-8.1 Severity: serious Installing postgresql-8.1 on my testing system (unstable and experimental is in sources.list, but testing is pinned higher):
pannekake:~# aptitude install postgresql-8.1 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: openssl postgresql-client-8.1 postgresql-common The following NEW packages will be installed: openssl postgresql-8.1 postgresql-client-8.1 postgresql-common 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 6210kB of archives. After unpacking 18.3MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://debian.samfundet.no testing/main openssl 0.9.7e-3 [906kB] Get:2 http://debian.samfundet.no testing/main postgresql-common 25 [72.7kB] Get:3 http://debian.samfundet.no ../project/experimental/main postgresql-client- 8.1 8.0+8.1beta-1 [1179kB] Get:4 http://debian.samfundet.no ../project/experimental/main postgresql-8.1 8.0 +8.1beta-1 [4052kB] Fetched 6210kB in 0s (12.2MB/s) Selecting previously deselected package openssl. (Reading database ... 27350 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking openssl (from .../openssl_0.9.7e-3_i386.deb) ... Creating directory /etc/ssl Selecting previously deselected package postgresql-common. Unpacking postgresql-common (from .../postgresql-common_25_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package postgresql-client-8.1. Unpacking postgresql-8.1 (from .../postgresql-8.1_8.0+8.1beta-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up openssl (0.9.7e-3) ... Setting up postgresql-common (25) ... Creating generic self-signed certificate: /etc/postgresql-common/postgresql.crt (replace with hand-crafted or authorized one if needed). Setting up postgresql-client-8.1 (8.0+8.1beta-1) ... Setting up postgresql-8.1 (8.0+8.1beta-1) ... Creating new cluster (configuration: /etc/postgresql/8.1/main, data: /var/lib/postgresql/8.1/main)... /usr/lib/postgresql/8.1/bin/initdb: error while loading shared libraries: libpq.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Error: initdb failed dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.1 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-8.1 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: Setting up postgresql-8.1 (8.0+8.1beta-1) ... Starting PostgreSQL 8.1 database server: mainpg_controldata: could not open file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.1/main/global/pg_control" for reading: No such file or directory Error: Could not parse locale out of pg_controldata output failed! Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done pannekake:~# Looks like postgresql-client-8.1 is missing a dependency on the right libraries (libpq4?). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.8 Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]