Hi, i am encountering the same problems as described in this thread.
following your advice to alter the preinst script, i receive this output: (my locale settings are german) # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb (Lese Datenbank ... 17012 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.) Entpacke postgresql (aus .../postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb) ... + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule ++ '[' '!' '' ']' ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install 7.2.1-2woody4 dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb (--install): Unterprozess pre-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 128 zurück Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von: /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb Is this helpful for anyone? On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 00:35, Malcolm Warren wrote: > Got the following message updating postgresql to 7.3.2 > > Any ideas? > > Unpacking postgresql (from .../postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 128 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > Any help welcome. I need to see what the error was, so you must modify the preinst script in the package and put a trace in it. This is a bit complicated since it is the preinstallation script that is failing and it is only in the deb: # mkdir /tmp/pg # cd /tmp # ar x /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb control.tar.gz # cd /tmp/pg # tar xzf ../control.tar.gz # vi ./preinst Add the line "set -x" at line 2 of the script and file it. # tar czf ../control.tar.gz . # cd .. # ar r /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb control.tar.gz # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/postgresql_7.3.2r1-5_i386.deb Now when it fails, we should know roughly what it was trying to do. (FYI, 7.3.4 is now in unstable.) -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:20 _______________________ Hofheinz Netzwerkdesign Martin Hofheinz Mathiasweg 51 D-57074 Siegen Fon: (02 71) 3 86 57 32 Fax: (0 12 12) 5 106 97 198 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
