> 7.1.3-6 I presume? Yes (I have tried 7.1.3-7 from unstable too, it looks like the same)
(a bit from) ps -j -u root: ----- ----- 26738 26735 26716 ttyp1 00:00:03 dpkg 26738 26735 26716 ttyp1 S 0:03 dpkg -i postgresql_7.1.3-6_i386.deb ----- ----- 26799 26735 26716 ttyp1 00:00:00 postgresql.post 26799 26735 26716 ttyp1 S 0:00 /bin/bash /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql.postinst configure 7.1.2-1 ----- ----- (all from) ps -j -u postgres: PID PGID SID TTY TIME CMD ----- ----- 26857 26735 26716 ttyp1 00:00:00 postmaster 26857 26735 26716 ttyp1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/postgres/data ----- ----- 26867 26735 26716 ttyp1 00:00:00 enable_lang 26867 26735 26716 ttyp1 S 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/enable_lang plpgsql --all ----- ----- 26894 26735 26716 ttyp1 00:00:00 psql 26894 26735 26716 ttyp1 S 0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/psql -q -t -c select count(*) from pg_language where lanname='plpgsql' -d bk ----- ----- bk is from pg_hba.conf: local bk password bk host bk 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 password bk Thus, I just removed these two lines, but it stops on the same, but "bkwww" (well, it is in pg_hba.conf, it was there before bk remove too) apropos, now (during new install, after bk remove), it writes (it is the last message before the hang): plpgsql is already enabled in bk

