Thread: BUG #18655: APT repository shell script doesn't work

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      18655
Logged by:          William Chipman
Email address:      bill@chipmaninfo.com
PostgreSQL version: 16.0
Operating system:   Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE)
Description:

The script provided from the postgresql Debian installation page
(https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/debian/) is:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc]
https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" >
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'

The system throws an error about the debian version (LMDE is faye, but the
Debian version is bookworm).
Also, the system defaults to i386 architecture, which is not supported.
Adding arch-amd64 to the predicate fixes this.
Working line below:

deb [arch=amd64
signed-by=/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc]
https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt bookworm-pgdg main

Hi,

Re: PG Bug reporting form
> deb [signed-by=/usr/share/postgresql-common/pgdg/apt.postgresql.org.asc]
> https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" >
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'
> 
> The system throws an error about the debian version (LMDE is faye, but the
> Debian version is bookworm).

Does Mint provide some "this distro release is like Debian $whatever"
info in /etc/os-release that we could use?

> Also, the system defaults to i386 architecture, which is not supported.

Defaults where?

Christoph

Re: William Chipman
> I found it somewhere, but not anywhere that could be counted on and machine
> readable.

Since I have no idea how compatible each mint release is to whatever
Debian release, I'd be reluctant to claim anywhere that we officially
support it. The apt.postgresql.org.sh script is just a helper for
setting up the repo, if a particular installation needs special
tweaks, you might as well write the repo config directly.

Christoph