Oliver Elphick wrote:
>
> w trillich wrote:
> ># apt-get install postgresql
> ><yada yada>
> >ps: unknown long option
> >usage: ps acehjlnrsSuvwx{t<tty>|#|O[-]u[-]U..} \
> > --sort:[-]key1,[-]key2,...
> > --help gives you this message
> > --version prints version information
>
> You need to update procps, because the command line options of ps changed
> a lot and postgresql's installation scripts use the new options.
aha. i think i see light at the end of the tunnel.
# apt-get install procps
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 320 not upgraded.
<yada yada>
all went well. hopes are up.
> After doing that, do `dpkg --pending --configure', which should pick up
> postgresql and run its post-installation script again.
sounds easy.
# dpkg --pending --configure
#
hopes are down a tad. didn't seem to do anything! so i try
# dpkg --configure postgresql
dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
package postgresql is not ready for configuration
cannot configure (current status `installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
postgresql
hopes are back where they were.
maybe i'll deinstall and then reinstall (fifth
time's the charm)
> Then go and read the migration README, as recommended. (see above)
when i get there, i will be sure to do so...
i sure appreciate all you folks giving suggestions, but
lemme tellya it's hard to keep the positive attitude!
i can tell that the debian arrangement is kick-ass... this
apt-get looks wonderful, much better than the rpm stuff
i've seen. IN THEORY. my encounters in practice are of
course tainted by all these blood-tipped strands of hair
all over the floor around my chair. (can't figure out
where they came from, either.)
