Stephen> better to depend on the default, and let the database package Stephen> maintainers worry about what version that points to. Ian> I think this is the point of confusion. Ian> Ian> In my understanding, the 'postgresql' package is not the "default" Ian> postgresql for Debian, the way 'python' is the Debian Python Of The Day. Ian> It is not clear to me that it will ever point to a later version of Ian> postgresql than 7.x, and may not be present at all even on a system with Ian> an installed postgresql server. I get this impression from reading the Ian> package description.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show postgresql Package: postgresql [...] Depends: postgresql-7.4, postgresql-client (>= 7.5), postgresql-common (>= 40) [...] Description: object-relational SQL database management system (transitional) This is a transitional package to automatically migrate to the new multicluster/multiversion structure provided by postgresql-common and postgresql-<version>. On installation it will integrate the existing database into this new structure. You can safely remove this package afterwards. Stephen> It appears your impression was wrong. Huh?? The Description seems to mean, translated into Debian speak, exactly what I wrote. Look at it the other way: where, in the Description, does it say that the dependency will change to postgresql-8.x in the future? Stephen> It's also irrelevant, since the package doesn't Depend (capital Stephen> D, as in policy and package meaning here, rather than Stephen> colloquial) on it. Unfortunately some tools treat Recommends the same as Depends at the point when the depending package is installed. It may be possible to later uninstall the recommended package, but that hardly helps someone who already has postgresql-8.x installed. Stephen> So, is there actually a problem with using postgresql 8.x? I am still Stephen> not seeing it. I'm not trying to be short, but I think there's just a Stephen> misunderstanding somewhere. If it's on my end, I want to correct it, Stephen> but I don't see where it is if so. I'm going to try again. I have low tolerance for pain and breakage (that's why I run testing), but I see it can't be helped :-( -- A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
