Bug#340470: postgresql-common: Braindead message tells me to install non-existing packages

[Markus Schaber]

Package: postgresql-common
Version: 34
Severity: normal

I just upgraded postgresql-common to version 34, and got presented an
absolutely braindead message that told me to install
postgresql-plpgsql.so and postgresql-client-plpgsql.so packages...

I attach a copy-Paste of the screen that was presented to me.

Thank you for amusing me :-)

Markus

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.1
Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages postgresql-common depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.77       Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.4.59     Debian configuration management sy
ii  lsb-base                      3.0-11     Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip

Versions of packages postgresql-common recommends:
ii  openssl                       0.9.8a-3   Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a

-- debconf information:
* postgresql-common/obsolete-major:

Debian Configuration

  
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Configuring postgresql-common 
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  \u2502                                                                        
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  \u2502 Obsolete major version 8.0
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  \u2592
  \u2502 The PostgreSQL version 8.0 is obsolete, but you still have the server  
  \u2592
  \u2502 and/or client package installed. Please install the latest packages    
  \u2592
  \u2502 (postgresql-plpgsql.so and postgresql-client-plpgsql.so) and upgrade   
  \u2592
  \u2502 your existing  clusters with pg_upgradecluster (see manpage).          
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  \u2502                                                                        
  \u2592
  \u2502 Please be aware that the installation of postgresql-plpgsql.so will    
  \u2592
  \u2502 automatically create a default cluster plpgsql.so/main. If you want to 
  \u2592
  \u2502 upgrade the 8.0/main cluster, you need to remove the already existing  
  \u2592
  \u2502 plpgsql.so cluster (pg_dropcluster --stop-server plpgsql.so main, see  
  \u2592
  \u2502 manpage for details).                                                  
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  \u2502                                                                        
  \u2592
  \u2502 The old server and client packages are not supported any more. After   
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  \u2502
  \u2502                                  <Ok>
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  \u2502
  
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