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postgresql package

postgresql depands on postgresql-7.4, which considers itself obsolete

Bug #45968 reported by Peter Hopfgartner
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: postgresql

Versions a

Package postgresql-7.5.16.1 depends on postgresql-7.4.

When I install postgresql-7.4-7.4.12-3, I get the the message:

Configuring postgresql-common

Obsolete major version 7.4

The PostgreSQL version 7.4 is obsolete, ...

etc, etc

Regards,

Peter

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

postgresql is a transitional package to faciliate upgrades from Hoary. Since Hoary came with 7.4, it needs to depend on postgresql-7.4 to provide a clean upgrade.

Changed in postgresql:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
Revision history for this message
Peter Hopfgartner (phopfgartner) wrote : Re: [Bug 45968] Re: postgresql depands on postgresql-7.4, which considers itself obsolete

Hmmm, there are packages depending on it, like sope4.4-gdl1-postgresql. Is
it reasonable for dapper packages to depend on postgresql? Should a bug
report be filed for these?

Regards,

Peter

On 5/22/06, Martin Pitt <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> postgresql is a transitional package to faciliate upgrades from Hoary.
> Since Hoary came with 7.4, it needs to depend on postgresql-7.4 to
> provide a clean upgrade.
>
> ** Changed in: postgresql (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
> --
> postgresql depands on postgresql-7.4, which considers itself obsolete
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/45968
>

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Yes, please file bugs about them. It's wrong for a client-side package to Depend/Recommend a PostgreSQL server in the first place (since that is often on a remote machine).

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