postgresql is blocking libpq - ????

[dopey]

This is a problem with the ebuild. If you look at the pkg_setup() function in the postgresql ebuild if {PG_DiR}/data/PG_VERSION exists, it checks the PG_VERSION file to see if you need to dump/restore the database.

There's also a check to see if postgresql was built with the pg-hier useflag. Due to the blocker, postgresql needs to be unmerged first. This prevents the built_with_use call from working because postgresql isn't actually installed.

Assuming you never used pg-hier useflag, you should be able to mv {PG_DIR}/data out of the way, emerge postgresql, then move the data dir back.

[cgmoller]

That did it.

I checked the ebuild and found the complete error message that emerge was not showing. It is in fact a problem with the data directory. I did a pg_dumpall, deleted the data directory and was able to re-emerge with no errors.
Now I just have to reload the databases.
Now that I think about it - I could have been smarter about that and just did a mv.

[cmulcahy]

I finally resolved my blocking issue. I stopped Postgresql, mv'ed the data directory, unmerged Postgresql and libpq. I then emerged libpq, emerged Postgresql and mv'ed my data directory back.

Frightening and more work than I would have expected from an upgrade but I had to get it back up and running. Autovacuum does not seem to be working now, though.

[ElCondor]

I'm also stuck with the impossible emerge of postgresql-8.0.9-r1 ... this is NOT funny, I'm running into serious problems on this machine (luckily I tried on a devel-machine first ... )

* ElCondor postgresqless pasa *

[dopey]

fyi, if you use the -collision-protect or whatever that method is, you won't need to deal with mv'ing the data dir out of the way.

[mlybarger]

i'm getting the same problem here. arggghhh.

Greetings, all:

I'm trying to get by this error as well. I'm trying the -collision-protect and --nodeps ideas. It's still not working. It is like it is not acknowledging my options. Thoughts?

Thanks!

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gentoobox chris # FEATURES="-collision-protect" emerge --nodeps libpq
Calculating dependencies... done!

!!! Error: the >=dev-db/libpq-8.0.9 package conflicts with another package;
!!!        the two packages cannot be installed on the same system together.
!!!        Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.

For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

gentoobox chris # FEATURES="-collision-protect" emerge --nodeps libpq -p

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[blocks B     ] >=dev-db/libpq-8.0.9 (is blocking dev-db/postgresql-8.0.8)
[ebuild  N    ] dev-db/libpq-8.0.9  USE="nls pam readline ssl zlib -kerberos -pg-intdatetime -threads"
gentoobox chris #

[sunegn]

By mistake I accidently added an extra dash to -collision-protect:

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FEATURES="--collision-protect" emerge --nodeps libpq 
emerge postgresql

It seem to work like a charm. Can anyone else confirm this?

i'm getting the same problem here. arggghhh.

Greetings, all:

I'm trying to get by this error as well. I'm trying the -collision-protect and --nodeps ideas. It's still not working. It is like it is not acknowledging my options. Thoughts?

Thanks!

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gentoobox chris # FEATURES="-collision-protect" emerge --nodeps libpq
Calculating dependencies... done!

!!! Error: the >=dev-db/libpq-8.0.9 package conflicts with another package;
!!!        the two packages cannot be installed on the same system together.
!!!        Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.

For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

gentoobox chris # FEATURES="-collision-protect" emerge --nodeps libpq -p

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[blocks B     ] >=dev-db/libpq-8.0.9 (is blocking dev-db/postgresql-8.0.8)
[ebuild  N    ] dev-db/libpq-8.0.9  USE="nls pam readline ssl zlib -kerberos -pg-intdatetime -threads"
gentoobox chris #

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Sunegn