Re: 7.0 RPM?

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop(at)range(dot)infoplease(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, karl(at)debisschop(dot)net, "J(dot) Atwood" <jatwood(at)bwanazulia(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.0 RPM?
Date: 2000-05-10 13:39:35
Message-ID: 39196697.20EFF03C@alumni.caltech.edu
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> > 7.0RC5 is database-compatible with the final, earlier betas are *not*.
> > You can use pg_upgrade to update from any 6.5-or-later version if you
> > are feeling adventurous, but I'd definitely suggest making a backup
> > first in case things go wrong and you have to initdb and restore.
> Sorry if I was not clear. The RPMs I prepared use Lamar Owen spec from RC1,
> but use final release sources. Upgrading from final release to final release
> should not be a problem, I think. I only recommended it because I understand
> from his recent posts sthat Lamar has many inprovements to the RPM install
> script that I have not taken advantage of.

Tom's point is that RC5 is *not* database-compatible with previous
release candidates due to a last minute bug fix in the location of
group table indices.

So anything earlier than RC5 needs (at least) a pg_upgrade, and (for
me) preferably a full dump/initdb/restore cycle.

- Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
South Pasadena, California

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