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Package: postgresql-8.2
Version: 8.2.4-2
Severity: important
The following happens for all queries using location-based timezones:
SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Berlin';
ERROR: unrecognized time zone name: "Europe/Berlin"
However, SET TIME ZONE 'EET-1EEST'; works.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages postgresql-8.2 depends on:
ii libc6 2.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcomer 1.39+1.40-WIP-2007.04.07+dfsg-2 common error description library
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libpam0g 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpq5 8.2.4-2 PostgreSQL C client library
ii libssl0. 0.9.8e-5 SSL shared libraries
ii postgres 8.2.4-2 front-end programs for PostgreSQL
ii postgres 76 manager for PostgreSQL database cl
ii tzdata 2007f-9 time zone and daylight-saving time
postgresql-8.2 recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Hi,
On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 13:00:00 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:
> tag 430524 confirmed
> clone 430524 -1
> reassign -1 dpkg
> retitle -1 package upgrade does not replace directory with symlink
> thanks
>
> Chris Lawrence [2007-07-11 23:56 -0500]:
> > Here's how I worked around the bug here:
> >
> > rmdir /usr/share/postgresql/8.2/timezone
> > ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo /usr/share/postgresql/8.2/timezone
>
> Aah, I got it now. This is evidently a dpkg bug. The previous version
> ships /usr/share/postgresql/8.2/timezone/ with content, the next
> version ships a symlink /usr/share/postgresql/8.2/timezone ->
> ../../timezone. When purging the old version and installing the new
> one, it works, but when upgrading the package, dpkg leaves the empty
> directory /usr/share/postgresql/8.2/timezone/ around without replacing
> it with a symlink.
>
> I clone this as a dpkg bug and will put a workaround into
> postgresql-8.2 now.
As explained by Brendan in 430524, this is documented behaviour. Thus
closing.
regards,
guillem
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