Re: Problem with DEB packages

Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net>

From: Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net>
To: Stefanie Janine Stölting <stefanie@ProOpenSource.eu>
Cc: Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-09-30T12:21:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi,

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 11:39:03AM +0200, Stefanie Janine Stölting wrote:
> There is only one local installation of PostgreSQL, that thing was installed
> from scratch as mentioned in my first mail.

Turns out (via off-list discussion) that there was a PG18 instance
installed and due to a recent behaviour change in postgresql-common,
after installing PostgreSQL 17, no main cluster for 17 was created as
one already exists for 18.

Why 18 got installed in the first place is unclear, I can only reproduce
that 'apt install postgresql' after activating the PGDG APT repo will
install it, but it looks like this was not done here.


Michael