Hi, Kjetil Kjernsmo [2006-08-11 8:06 +0200]: > > dpkg -s postgresql > Status: deinstall ok config-files > Config-Version: 7.4.7-6sarge1
Hah, exactly what I wanted to see. :) > Aha, I don't quite remember what I did, but since the only db I needed > to preserve was the SA db, and sa-learn has a clean upgrade path for > that, I might have deleted stuff by hand too... But you can probably > draw your conclusions from what you see here :-) Yep, actually it behaves exactly as intended. ;) So, I recommend to just do dpkg -P postgresql postgresql-client to get rid of the ancient stuff and then do a clean install of postgresql-8.1 > > It seems I should always display the debconf note instead of just > > once, to reduce this kind of confusion. > > Yeah, perhaps... :-) OK, I will do that, and in addition also print out some bits to stderr, so that people not using the interactive frontend will get a hint what's wrong. Thank you for your report! Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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