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postgresql-common package

package postgresql-client-9.3 9.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to upgrade: alternative pg_basebackup.1.gz can't be slave of psql.1.gz

Bug #1270597 reported by Filip Salda
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This bug affects 27 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
postgresql-common (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu ubuntu-14.04-beta-1
Trusty
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu ubuntu-14.04-beta-1

Bug Description

crashed during upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: postgresql-client-9.3 9.3.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-58.88-generic-pae 3.2.53
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-58-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 19 16:27:59 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:postgresql-client-9.3:9.3.2-1ubuntu1:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-22 (150 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423.2)
SourcePackage: postgresql-9.3
Title: package postgresql-client-9.3 9.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-19 (0 days ago)

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Filip Salda (filip-salda) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in postgresql-9.3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in postgresql-9.3 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Error message:

Setting up postgresql-client-9.3 (9.3.2-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative pg_basebackup.1.gz can't be slave of psql.1.gz: it is a slave of postmaster.1.gz

This is also reproduced in the automatic upgrade tests:

  http://d-jenkins.ubuntu-ci:8080/view/Upgrade/job/upgrade-ubuntu-precise-trusty-server-tasks-amd64/25/artifact/results/apt-term.log

summary: - package postgresql-client-9.3 9.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
- ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
- error exit status 2
+ package postgresql-client-9.3 9.3.2-1ubuntu1 failed to upgrade:
+ alternative pg_basebackup.1.gz can't be slave of psql.1.gz
tags: added: precise2trusty qa-daily-testing upgrade
affects: postgresql-9.3 (Ubuntu) → postgresql-common (Ubuntu)
Changed in postgresql-common (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in postgresql-common (Ubuntu Trusty):
milestone: none → ubuntu-14.04-beta-1
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in postgresql-common (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package postgresql-common - 153bzr1

---------------
postgresql-common (153bzr1) trusty; urgency=medium

  Upload current Debian packaging git to fix upgrade failure from precise.

  * debian/postgresql-common.preinst: Drop obsolete upgrade migration.
  * debian/maintscripts-functions, _link_manpages(): The move of pg_basebackup
    from server to client still affects upgrades from -9.1 to -9.3. Place the
    upgrade fix here instead of postgresql-9.1.preinst (which does not exist
    any more now). (LP: #1270597)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:44:42 +0100

Changed in postgresql-common (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Martin (napfi) wrote :

It seems there is a regression in postgresql-common version 154. I currently experience exactly the same after a dist-upgrade to trusty. The dist-upgrade process already reported the failure. So I did:

- purge all postgresql packages (except postgresql-common)
- select postgresql and postgresql-client version 9.3+154 again

I still get the error reported above.

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cracket (cracket) wrote :

3 years have passed and bug is still impacting upgrade. As I understand 14.04 is still supported and bug should be fixed once again - hope finally now.

Status should be still Not Fixed

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