Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-13 Thread Mumia W..
On 04/12/2008 11:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:48:15PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: On 04/11/2008 03:59 AM, Jaisen N.D. wrote: Hai I have a problem here. I use Etch. I have installed a postgresql package from debian backports, with the following command. --

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:48:15PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 04/11/2008 03:59 AM, Jaisen N.D. wrote: >> Hai I have a problem here. >> I use Etch. I have installed a postgresql package from debian backports, >> with the following command. >> ---

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Mumia W..
On 04/11/2008 03:59 AM, Jaisen N.D. wrote: Hai I have a problem here. I use Etch. I have installed a postgresql package from debian backports, with the following command. #apt-get -t etch-backports install postgresql-8.3

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Jaisen N.D.
Creating an empty file doesnt fix it:- result: # touch /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions localhost:/home/user# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Jaisen N.D. wrote: There is no such file /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions in the package postgresql-common_87~bpo40+1_all.deb . I have checked that. well, don't know what postresql uses that file for, but you could try "touch /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-funct

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 02:29:37PM +0530, Jaisen N.D. wrote: > Hai I have a problem here. > I use Etch. I have installed a postgresql package from debian backports, > with the following command. > > #apt-get -t etch-backpo

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 07:25:14PM +0530, Jaisen N.D. wrote: > There is no such file /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions > in the package postgresql-common_87~bpo40+1_all.deb . I have checked that. ckeck with apt-file or the file Contents for your architecture at http://www.backpo

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Jaisen N.D.
There is no such file /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions in the package postgresql-common_87~bpo40+1_all.deb . I have checked that. As I am not thorough dealing with shell scripts I am sending the prerm, postrm files in postgresql-8.3_8.3.1-1~bpo40+1_i386.deb herewith. In prerm,

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 06:41:07PM +0530, Jaisen N.D. wrote: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > postgresql-8.3: Depends: postgresql-client-8.3 but it is not going to be > installed > Depends: postgresql-common (>= 79) but 71 is to be installed > postgresql-co

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Jaisen N.D.
This is the result of of a trial to reinstall postgresql-common on my broken system. # apt-get install postgresql-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: pos

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
> On 04/11/08 03:59, Jaisen N.D. wrote: > > libpq5 postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common > > #dpkg --remove postgresql-8.3 > > (Reading database ... 196875 files and directories currently installed.) > > Removing postgresql-8.3 ... > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.

Re: how to fix my broken system..

2008-04-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/08 03:59, Jaisen N.D. wrote: > Hai I have a problem here. > I use Etch. I have installed a postgresql package from debian backports, > with the following command. > >