Ah I hadn't purged and reinstalled the client. (I purged postgresql and removed /etc/postgres because I was having problems with pg_dumpall not working and thought a reinstall might fix it... it did) I purged and reinstalled again and it appears to be working now...
Thanks, Kenny > -----Original Message----- > From: olly@lfix.co.uk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:50 AM > To: Raby, Kenny G; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bug#290078: postgresql: Error message on install > > On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 09:25 -0800, Raby, Kenny G wrote: > > Package: postgresql > > Version: 7.4.6-5 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > I am working on installing a new system. I installed postgresql then > > purged it. I then reinstalled and on the reinstall I get the message: > > > > chmod: cannot access `/etc/postgresql/postgresql.env': No such file or > > directory > > > > Sure enough /etc/postgresql/postgresql.env does not exist. > > That file is supplied by the package postgresql-client. Since it is a > conffile, you must allow it to be installed, if you have deleted it. > -- > Oliver Elphick olly@lfix.co.uk > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA > ======================================== > Do you want to know God? http://www.lfix.co.uk/knowing_god.html
