Bug#891488: postgresql: Installing postgresql fails due to "error creating symbolic link '/usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory"
> No longer marked as found in versions postgresql-common/181+deb9u1. > Request was from Christoph Berg to > cont...@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:12:06 GMT) (full text, > mbox, link). The issue still occurs with postgresql-common/181+deb9u2. It seems to occur in the Docker image `debian:stretch-slim` only and not in `debian:stretch`. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#891488: postgresql: Installing postgresql fails due to "error creating symbolic link '/usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory"
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:31:21 + Karl-Philipp Richter wrote: > Package: postgresql > Version: 9.6+181+deb9u1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > Installing `postgresql` in the (quite empty) Docker image > `debian:stretch-slim` fails due to the `dpkg` error > > ``` > Setting up postgresql-client-9.6 (9.6.6-0+deb9u1) ... > update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.6/man/man1/psql.1.gz to > provide /usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode > update-alternatives: error: error creating symbolic link > '/usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing package postgresql-client-9.6 (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > ``` > > The failure is repeatable 100% of times. I attached the output of an example > run as `postgresql.log`. In case this is a user error (e.g. if it's > impossible to install postgresql in such a minimal environment) the feedback > should be improved. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 9.3 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=C > (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: unable to detect > > Versions of packages postgresql depends on: > iu postgresql-9.6 9.6.6-0+deb9u1 > > postgresql recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages postgresql suggests: > iu postgresql-doc 9.6+181+deb9u1 > > -- no debconf information I work around this issue with `mkdir -p /usr/share/man/man1/ /usr/share/man/man3/ /usr/share/man/man7/`. This issue seems to be hidden on system which have a basic set of manpages installed (and not having the directories which only occur in environments like minimal Docker images), however the situation should still be handled automatically. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#891488: postgresql: Installing postgresql fails due to "error creating symbolic link '/usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory"
Package: postgresql Version: 9.6+181+deb9u1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Installing `postgresql` in the (quite empty) Docker image `debian:stretch-slim` fails due to the `dpkg` error ``` Setting up postgresql-client-9.6 (9.6.6-0+deb9u1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.6/man/man1/psql.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode update-alternatives: error: error creating symbolic link '/usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz.dpkg-tmp': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package postgresql-client-9.6 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 ``` The failure is repeatable 100% of times. I attached the output of an example run as `postgresql.log`. In case this is a user error (e.g. if it's impossible to install postgresql in such a minimal environment) the feedback should be improved. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.3 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: unable to detect Versions of packages postgresql depends on: iu postgresql-9.6 9.6.6-0+deb9u1 postgresql recommends no packages. Versions of packages postgresql suggests: iu postgresql-doc 9.6+181+deb9u1 -- no debconf information > sudo docker run -i -t debian:stretch-slim Unable to find image 'debian:stretch-slim' locally stretch-slim: Pulling from library/debian 8176e34d5d92: Pull complete Digest: sha256:e8e19950797443676474a4d12624325371f739f195abb3162c67df8d0fba0c50 Status: Downloaded newer image for debian:stretch-slim root@8d140b5d195e:/# apt-get update Get:3 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease [63.0 kB] Ign:1 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease Get:2 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [91.0 kB] Get:4 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release [118 kB] Get:5 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates/main amd64 Packages [8431 B] Get:6 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release.gpg [2434 B] Get:7 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages [415 kB] Get:8 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages [9531 kB] Fetched 10.2 MB in 8s (1137 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done root@8d140b5d195e:/# apt-get install --yes postgresql Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: bzip2 cron dh-python distro-info-data exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light file guile-2.0-libs krb5-locales libbsd0 libc-l10n libedit2 libexpat1 libffi6 libfribidi0 libgc1c2 libgmp10 libgnutls30 libgpm2 libgsasl7 libgssapi-krb5-2 libhogweed4 libicu57 libidn11 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libkyotocabinet16v5 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common libltdl7 liblzo2-2 libmagic-mgc libmagic1 libmailutils5 libmariadbclient18 libmpdec2 libncurses5 libnettle6 libntlm0 libp11-kit0 libpopt0 libpq5 libprocps6 libpython2.7 libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3-stdlib libpython3.5-minimal libpython3.5-stdlib libreadline7 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db libsensors4 libsqlite3-0 libssl1.1 libtasn1-6 libunistring0 libwrap0 libxml2 libxslt1.1 locales logrotate lsb-release mailutils mailutils-common mime-support mysql-common netbase openssl postgresql-9.6 postgresql-client-9.6 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-9.6 procps psmisc python3 python3-minimal python3.5 python3.5-minimal readline-common sgml-base ssl-cert sysstat tcpd ucf xml-core xz-utils Suggested packages: bzip2-doc anacron checksecurity libdpkg-perl eximon4 exim4-doc-html | exim4-doc-info spf-tools-perl swaks gnutls-bin gpm krb5-doc krb5-user libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit | libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal libsasl2-modules-ldap libsasl2-modules-otp libsasl2-modules-sql lm-sensors lsb mailutils-mh mailutils-doc ca-certificates postgresql-doc locales-all postgresql-doc-9.6 libdbd-pg-perl python3-doc python3-tk python3-venv python3.5-venv python3.5-doc binutils binfmt-support readline-doc sgml-base-doc openssl-blacklist isag debhelper The following NEW packages will be installed: bzip2 cron dh-python distro-info-data exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light file guile-2.0-libs krb5-locales libbsd0 libc-l10n libedit2 libexpat1 libffi6 libfribidi0 libgc1c2 libgmp10 libgnutls30 libgpm2 libgsasl7 libgssapi-krb5-2 libhogweed4 libicu57 libidn11 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0
