postfixadmin requires non-existant package postgresql-server (should instead require postgresql)

It seems there is no meta-package postgresql-server.

Either postfixadmin should not depend on this package or one of the postgresql package must supply it.

Workaround:
I was able to install postfixadmin without any issues after creating a fake package postgresql-server as described at
http://shallowsky.com/blog/linux/install/blocking-deb-dependencies.html

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I have similar dependency issues, but a bit different, i have mariadb server , and postfix admin wants to install libpq5 mariadb-client postgresql-client postgresql-client-9.3 postgresql-client-common wwwconfig-common, I do not want it to install the postgresql dependencies

It also removed my mariadb-server and mariadb-server-5.5 packages

Wow 3 years no fix

I'm tired of this not being fixed. So i'm fixing it myself.

I'm a bit confused. But this appears to be fixed in Xenial and onwards via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699602.

Specifically, 2.3.7-1ubuntu1 on 16.04 has:

Recommends: postfix-mysql | postfix-pgsql, mysql-server | postgresql,

Or are you fixing the mariadb part specifically?

As to mariadb, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778794 is the Debian bug, and was fixed in 2.93-1, which is in 16.10 and on.

I would suggest, I think, for clarity's sake (and to make the SRU easier to verify) that a second bug be opened which will have tasks for 14.04 and 16.04 for allowing mariadb and this bug be used to just fix 14.04's postgresql-server issue.

You are welcome, however, to use just this bug for both, I think it will just be a bit more confusing to the SRU team.

I would rather make it less confusing for others if possible. So i will do
what you said.

On Apr 11, 2017 11:49 PM, "Nish Aravamudan" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> As to mariadb, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778794
> is the Debian bug, and was fixed in 2.93-1, which is in 16.10 and on.
>
> I would suggest, I think, for clarity's sake (and to make the SRU easier
> to verify) that a second bug be opened which will have tasks for 14.04
> and 16.04 for allowing mariadb and this bug be used to just fix 14.04's
> postgresql-server issue.
>
> You are welcome, however, to use just this bug for both, I think it will
> just be a bit more confusing to the SRU team.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1321955
>
> Title:
> postfixadmin dependencies not well defined (requires mysql-server or
> postgresql, removes MariaDB)
>
> Status in postfixadmin package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in postfixadmin source package in Trusty:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I have postgresql-9.3 installed (the DB server).
> When I try to install postfixadmin, apt wants to install mysql-server. I
> can't install it without installing mysql-server!
>
> It looks as if the postfixadmin requires either the package "mysql-
> server" or "postgresql-server", however there is no package
> "postgresql-server" in Ubuntu trusty.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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I was however planning to fix both

On Apr 11, 2017 11:49 PM, "Nish Aravamudan" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> As to mariadb, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778794
> is the Debian bug, and was fixed in 2.93-1, which is in 16.10 and on.
>
> I would suggest, I think, for clarity's sake (and to make the SRU easier
> to verify) that a second bug be opened which will have tasks for 14.04
> and 16.04 for allowing mariadb and this bug be used to just fix 14.04's
> postgresql-server issue.
>
> You are welcome, however, to use just this bug for both, I think it will
> just be a bit more confusing to the SRU team.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1321955
>
> Title:
> postfixadmin dependencies not well defined (requires mysql-server or
> postgresql, removes MariaDB)
>
> Status in postfixadmin package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in postfixadmin source package in Trusty:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I have postgresql-9.3 installed (the DB server).
> When I try to install postfixadmin, apt wants to install mysql-server. I
> can't install it without installing mysql-server!
>
> It looks as if the postfixadmin requires either the package "mysql-
> server" or "postgresql-server", however there is no package
> "postgresql-server" in Ubuntu trusty.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfixadmin/+
> bug/1321955/+subscriptions
>

Great Michael! If you need any help, feel free to ping me on IRC -- I can also help sponsor your fixes.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.