-----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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > #apt-get -t etch-backports install postgresql-8.3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > It installed ythe following dependancies also. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > libpq5 postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > After some time I tried to uninstall these packages, But the package > postgresql-8.3 remains still. Its not getting un installed, and system > became broken. > In synaptic it shows this message. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Synaptic > E: postgresql-8.3: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit > status 1 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > When I tried in dpkg It shows: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > #dpkg --remove postgresql-8.3 > (Reading database ... 196875 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing postgresql-8.3 ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-8.3.prerm: line 17: > /usr/share/postgresql-common/maintscripts-functions: No such file or > directory > dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.3 (--remove): > subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > postgresql-8.3 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [snip] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Any possible way to fix this?? Please.... I want to remove it and fix my > system, that I can install and/or upgrade a lower version of postgreSQL. > Please suggest me a working way.
Sorry to say this, but I think you need to file a bug with whoever created that backports package. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH/0YfS9HxQb37XmcRAsGnAJ9o1htg0uaQxfY8M6fDccmYsgSo3ACfeCRN 1Z4PqZK2Y6AGcyCwwJI3ph8= =gz6j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
