Hi, here are the outputs for locales and the installation procedures with apt-get and aptitude (as I have seen differenct behaviours in those two in the past as well). The installations were prepared by purging all postgresql* packages and rm -rf /etc/postg* /var/lib/postg*.
### # locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ### # cat /etc/default/locale # File generated by update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ### # apt-get install postgresql-9.4 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cron libpopt0 libpq5 logrotate lsb-release postgresql-client-9.4 postgresql- client-common postgresql-common ucf Suggested packages: anacron checksecurity lsb oidentd ident-server locales-all postgresql- doc-9.4 The following NEW packages will be installed: cron libpopt0 libpq5 logrotate lsb-release postgresql-9.4 postgresql- client-9.4 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common ucf 0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 5,170 kB/5,462 kB of archives. After this operation, 25.2 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main libpq5 amd64 9.4.3-0+deb8u1 [122 kB] Get:2 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main postgresql-client-common all 165 [73.3 kB] Get:3 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main postgresql-client-9.4 amd64 9.4.3-0+deb8u1 [1,072 kB] Get:4 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main postgresql-common all 165 [202 kB] Get:5 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main postgresql-9.4 amd64 9.4.3-0+deb8u1 [3,702 kB] Fetched 5,170 kB in 17s (291 kB/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously unselected package cron. (Reading database ... 17149 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../cron_3.0pl1-127_amd64.deb ... Unpacking cron (3.0pl1-127) ... Selecting previously unselected package libpopt0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libpopt0_1.16-10_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpopt0:amd64 (1.16-10) ... Selecting previously unselected package libpq5:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libpq5_9.4.3-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpq5:amd64 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package logrotate. Preparing to unpack .../logrotate_3.8.7-1+b1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking logrotate (3.8.7-1+b1) ... Selecting previously unselected package ucf. Preparing to unpack .../archives/ucf_3.0030_all.deb ... Moving old data out of the way Unpacking ucf (3.0030) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-release. Preparing to unpack .../lsb-release_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_all.deb ... Unpacking lsb-release (4.1+Debian13+nmu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-common. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-client-common_165_all.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-client-common (165) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-9.4. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-client-9.4_9.4.3-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-client-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-common. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-common_165_all.deb ... Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/pg_config to /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev by postgresql-common' Unpacking postgresql-common (165) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-9.4. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-9.4_9.4.3-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ... Setting up cron (3.0pl1-127) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Setting up libpopt0:amd64 (1.16-10) ... Setting up libpq5:amd64 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Setting up logrotate (3.8.7-1+b1) ... Setting up ucf (3.0030) ... Setting up lsb-release (4.1+Debian13+nmu1) ... Setting up postgresql-client-common (165) ... Setting up postgresql-client-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.4/man/man1/psql.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/psql .1.gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode Setting up postgresql-common (165) ... Creating config file /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf with new version Creating config file /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql-common with new version Building PostgreSQL dictionaries from installed myspell/hunspell packages... Removing obsolete dictionary files: Setting up postgresql-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Error: The locale requested by the environment is invalid. Error: could not create default cluster. Please create it manually with pg_createcluster 9.4 main --start or a similar command (see 'man pg_createcluster'). update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.4/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man 1/postmaster.1.gz (postmaster.1.gz) in auto mode Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18) ... Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u1) ... ### # aptitude install postgresql-9.4 The following NEW packages will be installed: cron{a} libpopt0{a} libpq5{a} logrotate{a} lsb-release{a} postgresql-9.4 postgresql-client-9.4{a} postgresql-client-common{a} postgresql-common{a} ucf{a} 0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/5,462 kB of archives. After unpacking 25.2 MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously unselected package cron. (Reading database ... 17149 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../cron_3.0pl1-127_amd64.deb ... Unpacking cron (3.0pl1-127) ... Selecting previously unselected package libpopt0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libpopt0_1.16-10_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpopt0:amd64 (1.16-10) ... Selecting previously unselected package libpq5:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libpq5_9.4.3-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpq5:amd64 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package logrotate. Preparing to unpack .../logrotate_3.8.7-1+b1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking logrotate (3.8.7-1+b1) ... Selecting previously unselected package ucf. Preparing to unpack .../archives/ucf_3.0030_all.deb ... Moving old data out of the way Unpacking ucf (3.0030) ... Selecting previously unselected package lsb-release. Preparing to unpack .../lsb-release_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_all.deb ... Unpacking lsb-release (4.1+Debian13+nmu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-common. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-client-common_165_all.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-client-common (165) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-9.4. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-client-9.4_9.4.3-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-client-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-common. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-common_165_all.deb ... Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/pg_config to /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev by postgresql-common' Unpacking postgresql-common (165) ... Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-9.4. Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-9.4_9.4.3-0+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking postgresql-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ... Setting up cron (3.0pl1-127) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Setting up libpopt0:amd64 (1.16-10) ... Setting up libpq5:amd64 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Setting up logrotate (3.8.7-1+b1) ... Setting up ucf (3.0030) ... Setting up lsb-release (4.1+Debian13+nmu1) ... Setting up postgresql-client-common (165) ... Setting up postgresql-client-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.4/man/man1/psql.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode Setting up postgresql-common (165) ... Creating config file /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf with new version Creating config file /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql-common with new version Building PostgreSQL dictionaries from installed myspell/hunspell packages... Removing obsolete dictionary files: Setting up postgresql-9.4 (9.4.3-0+deb8u1) ... Error: The locale requested by the environment is invalid. Error: could not create default cluster. Please create it manually with pg_createcluster 9.4 main --start or a similar command (see 'man pg_createcluster'). update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.4/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz (postmaster.1.gz) in auto mode Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18) ... Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u1) ... Sincerely, Malte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
