postgresql-8.4 failed to install in jaunty-backports (unmet dependency)

Bug #563693 reported by MikZ
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: postgresql-8.4

1) Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

2) postgresql-8.4:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 8.4.3-1~jaunty1
  Version table:
     8.4.3-1~jaunty1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Packages
     8.4.2-1~jaunty1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

postgresql-common:
  Installed: 101~jaunty1
  Candidate: 101~jaunty1
  Version table:
 *** 101~jaunty1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-backports/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     97 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages

If i try to install postgresql-8.4 from jaunty-backports it fails because unmet dependency postgresql-common (>= 104~)
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty-backports/database/postgresql-8.4
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty-backports/postgresql-common
and postgresql-common is just 101~jaunty1

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René S. (renspr) wrote :

Same problem here with Hardy Backports

# aptitude install postgresql-8.4

The following packages are BROKEN:
  postgresql-8.4 postgresql-client-8.4
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 5942kB of archives. After unpacking 17,0MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  postgresql-client-8.4: Hängt ab: postgresql-client-common (>= 104~) but 101~hardy1 is installed.
  postgresql-8.4: Hängt ab: postgresql-common (>= 104~) but 101~hardy1 is installed.

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Will Angenent (will-angenent) wrote :

I've got the same problem in 8.04.4 LTS and Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS. Is there a workaround? I'd rather not build from source if I don't have to.

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