From: | "Steve Wolfe" <steve(at)iboats(dot)com> |
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To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, "Lincoln Yeoh" <lylyeoh(at)mecomb(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: And to make things even better... |
Date: | 2000-04-20 16:49:08 |
Message-ID: | 002001bfaae8$58be8a00$85755ad1@iboats.com |
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> > /var/lib/pgsql reports that we're running 6.3 - which I don't find on
the
> >FTP site. Is that not a valid distribution number, or is the source not
> >available?
>
> Maybe the new guy did a make and linked the ancient 6.3 stuff in to Perl.
>
> I suspect that you were in fact running 6.5.3. But now some stuff is
going
> to 6.3.
Nope, it was bona-fide 6.3. : )
> Check your postgres data directory, I believe you can find the version
> number there.
That's where I found that. : )
> Once you have confirmed the version you are really using, you can use the
> correct binaries to back up/dump your data. Please check the docs on what
> actually is dumped - certain things may not be dumped correctly depending
> on which version you are using.
Part of the problem that I ran into was that the old guy had copied most
of the binaries from ~postgres/bin to other directories to get them in the
path. So, even after I wiped out the 6.3 directory and compiled 6.5.3,
when I'd do "initdb", it would create a 6.3 database structure, and make
everything barf. Fun, no?
steve
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