Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, dustin sallings wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> I'm sorry if this question is answered somewhere, but does 6.4
> require C++? My main database boy doesn't have a C++ compiler, and I
> don't plan on getting one for it any time in the near future.

This does not require C++ to compile, nor do I suspect it ever
will...I couldn't imagine the effort to go through to actually convert it
over to C++ :)

> I tried a beta yesterday, and it compiled on 0/2 of the machines I
> tried (NetBSD and IRIX). I'm really hoping this new version might fix
> some of the instability issues I had with 6.3.2 in production.

Please report any compile errors to pgsql-hackers ... it has been
tested on NetBSD, but I don't believe Irix has been tested...

>
> // We plan to release PostgreSQL, version 6.4, within the next week.
> //
> // An announcement will be made as soon as it is ready. You can see the
> // changes for this release on our web site at the bottom of the TODO list.
> //
> // We hope people will be able to upgrade within two weeks after its
> // release, so we fix any problems and move on to the 6.5 release.
> //
> // 6.4 includes a pg_upgrade utility, that will allow upgrading without a
> // dump/reload for 6.3.* users.
> //
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Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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