my fault i have a script to mount /var/log as a tmpfs (in order to avoid writing to my ssd), and create directory in /var/log at boot (apache...) but the postgresql directory wasn't created by my script, so starting postgre fail when it try to create the log file
you can close the bug Regards, Cedric ISSALY ** Changed in: postgresql-8.4 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700312 Title: package postgresql-8.4 8.4.5-0ubuntu10.04 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus nouveau script pre-removal a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs