Dependency bugs in postgresql-9.3 packages -- RC1 does not install

root@precise64:~# apt-get install postgresql-9.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 postgresql-9.3 : Depends: postgresql-client-9.3 but it is not going to
be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

hmmm ...

root@precise64:~# apt-get install postgresql-client-9.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 postgresql-client-9.3 : Depends: libpq5 (>= 9.3~rc1) but it is not
going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@precise64:~#

Ok, then:

root@precise64:~# apt-get install libpq5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libpq5
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 140 not upgraded.
Need to get 536 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,021 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg/main libpq5
amd64 9.2.4-1.pgdg12.4+1 [536 kB]
Fetched 536 kB in 2s (249 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libpq5.
(Reading database ... 51338 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libpq5 (from .../libpq5_9.2.4-1.pgdg12.4+1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up libpq5 (9.2.4-1.pgdg12.4+1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

but ....

root@precise64:~# apt-get install postgresql-client-9.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 postgresql-client-9.3 : Depends: libpq5 (>= 9.3~rc1) but
9.2.4-1.pgdg12.4+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@precise64:~#

???

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com