Package: postgresql
Version: 7.4.7-6sarge1
Severity: critical
Error description:
I had to reinstall my Development Workstaion and the PostgreSQL
Database is located on /dev/sdb1 mounted as /PostgreSQL.
I have:
+---[ cmd 'ls -Al /PostgreSQL/' ]---------------------------------
|
| total 44
| -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 490 Oct 22 13:40 .bash_history
| drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 4096 Oct 22 13:20 .mc
| -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 167 Oct 22 12:28 .profile
| drwx------ 6 postgres postgres 4096 Mar 1 22:10 data
| -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 998 Dec 21 04:00 dead.letter
| drwxr----- 2 postgres postgres 4096 Mar 5 15:48 dump
| drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Oct 22 11:54 lost+found
| drwxr----- 2 postgres postgres 4096 Mar 5 16:00 preserve
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
Now since I was using Woody with a 7.4 backport (same as Sarge)
the new instalaltion should no be a problem.
After an 'apt-get install postgresql' debconf ask for the PGDATA
directory which I answered with:
/PostgreSQL
Then they ask me for the dump directory which I answered with
/PostgreSQL/dump
and the third was the
/PostgreSQL/preserve
Now while continuing the install scripts creat /var/lib/postgres
without "data" directory, create the postgres $USER with the same
directory and exit with an error because it cannot find the $PGDATA
directory.
I was allready looking into the install scripts and the do some
weired stuff...
Please consider to correct those Scripts.
Fortunatly it was not a productiv Database where such things are not
allowed. I have waste to much time to correct all corresponding
config files and deleting unwanted dirctories like /var/lib/postgres.
Because on a productiv Database someone can run into unneccesary
long downtimes resolving this error, I consider this Bug as "critical".
Since I run PostgreSQL 7.4 as backports on more then 53 Servers (8 own
plus 45 server at customers) on Woody, I am now fortunatly warned.
Ans last not least, one of my "locale" is UTF8 and debconf does only
let me chose between de_DE and C, but not UTF8.
Greetings
Michelle
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.1
Kernel Version: Linux devel.private 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Mon May 16 16:47:51 JST
2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages postgresql depends on:
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