This bug was fixed in the package postgresql-common - 241ubuntu1
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postgresql-common (241ubuntu1) kinetic; urgency=medium
* d/rules: do not stop service on package upgrades. (LP: #1973382)
-- Athos Ribeiro Mon, 16 May 2022
09:58:44 -0300
** Changed in: postgresql-common
** Changed in: postgresql-common (Debian)
Status: Unknown => New
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Title:
autopkgtests failures due to debhelper 13.6 changes
To manage
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1011067
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1011067
** Also affects: postgresql-common (Debian) via
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1011067
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for the thoughtful reply!
> After all, if it's simulating a reinstallation, shouldn't it restart
the service? [...]
Usually, yes, I agree it should restart the service. In this specific
postgresql-common case, debian/rules was crafted so a restart would not
happen at this point:
** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~athos-ribeiro/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-common/+git/postgresql-common/+merge/422669
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Sorry, I'd mis-interpreted this bug! I'd gone digging through the
history of debconf and couldn't understand how dpkg-reconfigure was only
restarting things just *now*, but hadn't correctly understood that your
bug was complaining the service was stopped, but *not started* again.
So, my apologies:
Hi Athos -- this is an interesting one.
Forgive my ignorance, but per Colin's comments in
https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-debconf/debconf/-/merge_requests/10 "...
dpkg-reconfigure is simulating the process of reinstalling a package
without actually unpacking its files again" (which aligned with my
