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On Saturday 29 Jul 2017 10:59:39 Mick wrote: |
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> It seems this is one of these things I keep forgetting how to perform |
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> correctly, despite taking notes and reading the documentation. I thought I |
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> had upgraded postgresql from 9.5.7 to 9.6.3-r1 a couple of weeks ago. |
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> Today depclean asked me to remove 9.5.7 and after a moment's hesitation I |
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> went along with it. To my surprise I got this at the end of it: |
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> [snip...] |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/server/catalog |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/server/bootstrap |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/server/access |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/server |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/libpq |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/internal/libpq |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/internal |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/informix/esql |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5/informix |
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> <<< dir /usr/include/postgresql-9.5 |
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> --- !empty dir /usr/include |
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> --- !empty dir /usr/bin |
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> --- !empty dir /usr |
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> --- !empty dir /etc/postgresql-9.5 |
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> --- !empty dir /etc/pam.d |
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> --- !empty dir /etc/init.d |
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> --- !empty dir /etc/conf.d |
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> --- !empty dir /etc |
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> Unsetting 9.5 as default...done. |
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> Setting 9.6 as the default...ln: failed to create symbolic link |
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> '/usr/include/libpq-fe.h': File exists |
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> !!! Error: Unable to create link! postgresql-9.6/libpq-fe.h -> |
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> /usr/include/libpq-fe.h |
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> exiting |
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> |
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> >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... |
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> |
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> Packages installed: 1321 |
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> Packages in world: 216 |
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> Packages in system: 44 |
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> Required packages: 1321 |
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> Number removed: 1 |
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> Looking at /usr/include/ I see this: |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jul 16 13:56 postgres_ext.h -> |
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> postgresql-9.5/postgres_ext.h |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 29 10:34 postgresql -> postgresql-9.6 |
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> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 16 13:55 postgresql-9.6 |
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> |
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> Although the old /usr/include/postgresql-9.5 directory and file |
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> postgres_ext.h have been removed, the symlink is still pointint to the old |
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> file, rather than having been replaced with a symlink to |
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> /usr/include/postgresql-9.6/postgres_ext.h: |
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> |
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> $ ls -la /usr/include/postgresql-9.6/postgres_ext.h |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2151 Jul 16 13:54 |
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> /usr/include/postgresql-9.6/postgres_ext.h |
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> I'm trying to understand why this might have happened. Which process/action |
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> is responsible for setting this symlink? |
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> Also, the entry run by depclean above also confused me: |
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> Unsetting 9.5 as default...done. |
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> Setting 9.6 as the default... |
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> How is the default version of postgresql being set in a system? What |
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> specific actions do these two entries entail? I thought with openrc at |
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> least it is a matter of setting up the latest postgresql version to start |
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> up in rc-update. |
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> I've replaced the symlink with the live postgresql manually for now - I hope |
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> I haven't borked the database ... |
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Oops! There are more broken links: |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jul 16 13:56 pg_config_ext.h -> |
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postgresql-9.5/pg_config_ext.h |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jul 16 13:56 pg_config_manual.h -> |
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postgresql-9.5/pg_config_manual.h |
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... |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jul 16 13:56 postgres_ext.h -> |
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postgresql-9.5/postgres_ext.h |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jul 29 10:34 postgresql -> postgresql-9.6 |
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drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 16 13:55 postgresql-9.6 |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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