[Bug 438653] [NEW] postgresql-8.3 crashes on install

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: postgresql-8.3

$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  postgresql-common
Suggested packages:
  oidentd ident-server
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  postgresql-8.3 postgresql-common
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3753kB of archives.
After this operation, 14.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package postgresql-common.
(Reading database ... 160139 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking postgresql-common (from .../postgresql-common_97_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package postgresql-8.3.
Unpacking postgresql-8.3 (from .../postgresql-8.3_8.3.8-0ubuntu9.04_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up postgresql-common (97) ...

Setting up postgresql-8.3 (8.3.8-0ubuntu9.04) ...
 * Starting PostgreSQL 8.3 database server                                                                                                                                       * pg_controldata: could not open file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main/global/pg_control" for reading: No such file or directory
Error: Could not parse locale out of pg_controldata output
                                                                                                                                                                         [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.3, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.3 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: postgresql-8.3 8.3.8-0ubuntu9.04
SourcePackage: postgresql-8.3
Title: package postgresql-8.3 8.3.8-0ubuntu9.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

** Affects: postgresql-8.3 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package i386

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postgresql-8.3 crashes on install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438653
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