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November 8, 2023, 11:03am
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Note that manually modifying config files should be avoided because it is not required and might even cause issues like seen in Error runing the tail -f gvmd.log and opening my firefox .
As this is not directly related to the Greenbone software stack but about database migration and maintenance of PostgreSQL it is suggested to follow external resources on how to “fully” migrate and upgrade the underlying PostgreSQL database like mentioned in e.g.:
Two notes:
The gvm-check-setup script isn’t maintained by Greenbone (anymore) but by the Kali packaging team. To request an improvement for the unary operator expected message for better / more graceful handling of this case it is suggested to report a new issue over at https://bugs.kali.org
Updating any port numbers in the PostgreSQL config files is strongly discouraged as this will leave an unmaintained / deprecated PostgreSQL 14 version behind and in use which doesn’t receive any (security)…
For the records / to have it tracked / as a reference, the following is shown on Debian if having PostgreSQL 14 installed and the system is receiving an upgrade to PostgreSQL 15:
The PostgreSQL version 14 is obsolete, but the server or client packages are still installed. Please install the latest packages (postgresql-15 and postgresql-client-15) and upgrade the existing clusters with pg_upgradecluster (see manpage).
Please be aware that the installation of postgresql-15 will automatically …