I took the plunge and upgraded my server from etch to lenny last night. It went mostly OK, but the PostgreSQL update didn't quite work out...
I did see the message during the 8.3 install indicating that manual intervention was required and, per /usr/share/doc/postgresql-8.3/README.Debian.gz, I issued the commands: pg_dropcluster 8.3 main --stop pg_upgradecluster 7.4 main The second command, instead of performing the upgrade, responded with: Error: specified cluster is not running Er, OK... There's still an /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4, so tell that to start. It returned too quickly for me to believe it had done anything and ps confirmed that no postgres processes were running. Check dpkg --get-selections, and 7.4 is deinstalled. Fine. Tell aptitude to reinstall it. But, alas, "No candidate version found for postgresql-7.4". Google has turned up a few discussions in the Debian BTS about whether it would be a good or bad thing to fully-automate the PostgreSQL upgrade process, but nothing that appeared relevant to getting this to work (manually or automatically). So, what do I need to do to recover from this? -- Dave Sherohman NomadNet, Inc. http://nomadnetinc.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
