Contenttype migration issue with django 1.8 (postgres)

[Sachin philip Mathew]

contenttypes migration error while migrating from existing database (which was from django1.4.10), issue can be resolved if we downgrade to 1.7 and migrate

Synchronizing apps without migrations:
  Creating tables...
  Running deferred SQL...
  Installing custom SQL...
Running migrations:
  Rendering model states... DONE
  Applying asset.0003_subcostcenterw... OK
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 338, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 330, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 390, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 441, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 225, in handle
    emit_post_migrate_signal(created_models, self.verbosity, self.interactive, connection.alias)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 280, in emit_post_migrate_signal
    using=db)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py", line 201, in send
    response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 82, in create_permissions
    ctype = ContentType.objects.db_manager(using).get_for_model(klass)
  File "/Users/sachinvettithanam/env/marlabs-onconsole/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/models.py", line 78, in get_for_model
    "Error creating new content types. Please make sure contenttypes "

RuntimeError: Error creating new content types. Please make sure contenttypes is migrated before trying to migrate apps individually.

[Tim Graham]

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