Re: Upgrading 7.3 to 7.3.3

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: Rich Cullingford <rculling(at)sysd(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading 7.3 to 7.3.3
Date: 2003-07-01 23:13:07
Message-ID: 20030701231306.GG27363@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:03:35PM -0400, Rich Cullingford wrote:
> We've had a 7.3 PG installation running for awhile now, and would like
> to upgrade to 7.3.3. The doc implies that you can do something other
> than dump your existing database, set up the new installation, and
> reload the dump, if you're upgrading within the 7.3 'line.' But after
> looking around for awhile, I don't see any guidance on how to do this.

Well, it's quite simple: stop the postmaster, do a "make install" (or
whatever your system uses, maybe rpm -U), then restart the postmaster
again.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Aprender sin pensar es inutil; pensar sin aprender, peligroso" (Confucio)

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