[Spacewalk-list] upgrading postgres (8.4 > 9.x) on the spacewalk server ?

[Andreas Dijkman]

Hi,

The RPM isn’t actually looking at the file but at the file specs of all available RPM’s. You need to install and rpm that provides the binary /usr/bin/psql in it’s metadata. You could build an metadata-only-rpm that depends on all the postgresql-9.x-stuff and provides the necessary files in it’s metadata and secretly creates symlinks underneath.

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On 23 Jul, 2014, at 23:42 , Boyd, Robert <Robert.Boyd at peoplefluent.com<mailto:Robert.Boyd at peoplefluent.com>> wrote:

I tried changing the link for /usr/bin/psql to directly link to the binary.  That didn't help.

I tried removing the link and copying the binary to /usr/bin/psql -- that didn't help either.

I take it this means that the error message I'm getting isn't telling me the truth about what the real error is.

Robert Boyd
Sr. Systems Engineer
PeopleFluent
p. 919-645-2972 | c. 919-306-4681
e. Robert.Boyd at PeopleFluent.com<mailto:Robert.Boyd at PeopleFluent.com>

-----Original Message-----
From: Boyd, Robert
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:33 PM
To: 'spacewalk-list at redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list at redhat.com>'
Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] upgrading postgres (8.4 > 9.x) on the spacewalk server ?

I'm attempting an install of spacewalk 2.2 using postgresql-9.3.

I installed and manually configured postgresql.

When I attempt to install spacewalk I get this error:

 yum install spacewalk-postgresql

 ... many dependencies resolved ... etc ...

 Error: Package: spacewalk-postgresql-2.2.2-1.el6.noarch (spacewalk)
          Requires: /usr/bin/psql

However there is clearly something there:

[root ~]# ll /usr/bin/psql
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 28 Jul 21 12:35 /usr/bin/psql -> /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql

[root ~]# ll /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 23 Jul 21 12:35 /etc/alternatives/pgsql-psql -> /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql

[root ~]# ll /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 447560 Mar 18 03:19 /usr/pgsql-9.3/bin/psql

What is this package expecting to find there?  Is a symbolic link not good enough?  Can I fake it out by copying over the real binary or changing the link to point directly to the binary instead of an intermediate link?


Robert Boyd
Sr. Systems Engineer
PeopleFluent
p. 919-645-2972 | c. 919-306-4681
e. Robert.Boyd at PeopleFluent.com<mailto:Robert.Boyd at PeopleFluent.com>

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