On 2004-01-09, Richard Lyons penned: > On Friday 09 January 2004 16:19, Richard Lyons wrote: >> On Friday 09 January 2004 15:02, Nicos Gollan wrote: >> > On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:24:33 +0000 >> > >> > Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Running sid. postgresql is now 7.4, but won't open until I >> > > upgrade the database, which I can't without 7.3. What do I do? >> > >> > You can specify a version when calling apt-get, read the manpage >> > for info on that. >> >> Yes, I did try but sources.list would have had to be altered, and I >> was unsure which of the many entries to change. [...] > > Sorry to add to my own posting. I have now tried this route > unsuccessfully. I uncommented deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian > testing main contrib non-free but apt-get still says "E: Version '7.3' > for 'postgresql' was not found" so I evidently need to look elsewhere. > I'm getting lost here... >
What about browing to http://ftp.de.debian.org/pub/debian/pool/main/p/postgresql/ and downloading an appropriate version of postgresql, then forcing the install with dpkg? (Mind you, I don't know what dependency issues this might bring up ... I haven't tested this approach ... just a thought.) -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]