Re: [ANNOUNCE] i386 RPMs available for v6.5.1

> Tom, do you want something about this as an announcement on the web
> page? If so, is there anything in particular you want it to say?

Yes, that would be great. I need to write an RPM installation guide,
and the web page could point to that eventually. In the meantime, how
about something like:

RedHat RPMs for v6.5.1 on i386 machines are now available at
ftp://postgresql.org/pub/RPMS/
Please report any questions or problems to
mailto:pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org

Note that a dump/reload is not necessary if you already have v6.5
RPMs
installed. Just
o shut down your v6.5 server
o do an "rpm -Uvh *.rpm"
o restart and you're ready to go.

If you are upgrading from an earlier version, do the following:
o before upgrading, do a "pg_dumpall > file.dumpall"
o move /var/lib/pgsql aside (e.g. rename to /var/lib/pgsql-6.4.2)
o upgrade or install the RPMs using "rpm -Uvh *.rpm"
o run initdb, setting PGDATA appropriately
o restart the new backend server
o do a "psql < file.dumpall"

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