Re: libpq.so.3 compatability problem still there for 8.0.3

Hi,

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Gregory Zelesnik wrote:

> Actually, I do not have postgresql-libs v8.0.2 installed:
>
> [gzelesnik@linus downloads]$ rpm -qa | grep postgres
> rh-postgresql-devel-7.3.6-7
> rh-postgresql-tcl-7.3.6-7
> postgresql-docs-8.0.3-1PGDG
> rh-postgresql-pl-7.3.6-7
> rh-postgresql-libs-7.3.6-7
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You have a libs version which is smaller than 8.0.3

> And when I try to upgrade postgresql-libs v7.3.6-7 to v8.0.3, I get the
> following conflicts:
>
> [gzelesnik] rpm -Uv postgresql-libs-8.0.3-1PGDG.i686.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>        libecpg.so.4 is needed by postgresql-libs-8.0.3-1PGDG
>        libpgtypes.so.1 is needed by postgresql-libs-8.0.3-1PGDG
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by postgresql-libs-8.0.3-1PGDG
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) xemacs-21.4.13-8.ent
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) mod_auth_pgsql-2.0.1-4.ent
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) php-pgsql-4.3.2-14.ent
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) perl-DBD-Pg-1.21-2
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) rh-postgresql-python-7.3.6-7
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) rh-postgresql-tcl-7.3.6-7
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) rh-postgresql-7.3.6-7
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed)
> rh-postgresql-contrib-7.3.6-7
>        libpq.so.3 is needed by (installed) rh-postgresql-server-7.3.6-7
>        postgresql-libs = 7.3.6 is needed by (installed)
> rh-postgresql-devel-7.3.6-7
>    Suggested resolutions:
>        rh-postgresql-libs-7.3.6-7.i386.rpm
> ----
>
> The conflict seems to be embedded in the set of packages for v8.0.3, and
> the compat-postgresql-libs-3-3PGDG.rpm package doesn't seem to like
> trying to upgrade from 7.3.6.

Please don't use rpm -Uvh while upgrading PostgreSQL in major version
upgrades. Take a dump and backup, remove the existing RPMs and install new
ones.

Then you'll have no trouble.

Regards,

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