reassign 363934 postgresql-common
tag 363934 pending
merge 363934 362825

Hi Emmanuel,

Emmanuel Charpentier [2006-04-20 20:00 +0200]:
> I was stuck by a (seemingly minor, but that eludes me) minor error of the
> updating process :
> 
> pc3-ec:~# dpkg --configure --pending
> Setting up postgresql-7.4 (7.4.12-3) ...
> Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: maininvoke-rc.d: initscript 
> postgresql-7.4, action "start" failed.

That's the same cause as bug #363934, merging.

> And, BTW : some instruction on how to transition from 7.x to 8.x
> "the Debian way" would be welcome...

Oh, of course :) /usr/share/postgresql-*/README.Debian.gz introduces
pg_upgradecluster, which has a nice manpage. Please report any
troubles you have with this tool; it already handles many special
cases, but improvement is always possible. :)

Thanks for your report,

Martin

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