Re: PG 9.1 on Debian Squeeze

On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:19:22PM +0100, Raymond O'Donnell wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this, but here goes: I've
> just installed Postgres 9.1.1 from backports.debian.org on a fresh
> installation of Debian Squeeze, and when I run psql here's what I get:
>
> rod(at)simecom:~$ psql -U postgres -h localhost
> Can't exec "dpkg-architecture": No such file or directory at
> /usr/bin/psql line 103.
> Use of uninitialized value $multiarch in scalar chomp at /usr/bin/psql
> line 104.
> Password for user postgres:
> psql (9.1.1)
> SSL connection (cipher: DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits: 256)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> postgres=#
>
> It looks to me as if there's a bug there somewhere.

apt-get install dpkg-dev

should fix what you are seeing. The question remains whether
postgresql-client(-common) should "Depends:" from dpkg-dev
-- this should be "reportbug postgresql-client"ed.

Karsten
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