Hi Helge, Helge Kreutzmann [2006-06-29 22:38 +0200]: > > > Well, technically speaking this would be Etch+epsilon, as skipping stable > > > releases is not supported. > > > > Right; that's what we did in Ubuntu, we could drop the transitional > > package after the first stable release with the new infrastructure, > > and all that was left was a clean packaging. :) > > Any reason (besides the different release cycles) speaking against the > same for Debian?
No, not at all, that's what I'll do in Debian as well. > Nope, unless I missed something, you cannot purge a non-installed > package (sometimes I wish one could): > remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get --purge remove postgresql 'dpkg -P postgresql postgresql-client' does the trick. My current version mentions this in the debconf note. > Also I cannot install postgresql: > remaxp:~# apt-cache policy postgresql > postgresql: > Installiert:(keine) > Mögliche Pakete:7.5.19 > Versions-Tabelle: > 7.5.19 0 > 500 http://127.0.0.1 etch/main Packages > 7.4.7-6sarge1 0 > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get install postgresql > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > postgresql: Depends: postgresql-7.4 but it is not installable > Depends: postgresql-client (>= 7.5) but it is not going to be > installed Strange.. What does 'apt-cache madison postgresql-client postgresql-7.4' say? (I assume they are available, and some stupid Conflicts: is breaking it, though.) Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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