Re: Compilation probl with Postgres 7.3.1

Andreas Pflug wrote:

> Dave Page wrote:
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Gerhard
>>> Hintermayer
>>> Sent: 15 December 2005 15:27
>>> To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Compilation probl with Postgres 7.3.1
>>>
>>>
>>> Upgrading to 7.3.12 won't solve the "unsupported frontend protocol",
>>> and
>>> the members for pgNotify are the same as in 7.3.1 :-(
>>> I'd really like to upgrade, but unfortunately the DB-server is
>>> running at
>>> least 6*24, so ther's not a lot time to upgrade and test all involved
>>> applications (which are quite a lot)
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>> I think what he means is that the .12 is a good indicator of how old the
>> version is.
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> Upgrading to 7.3.12 should be a simple make; make install; stop and
> restart server. To perform a smooth update, you could consider using
> Slony-I to have an up-to-date replication. This would allow you to
> switch over virtually seamlessly (if your current machine is big
> enough, I doubt it when looking at your pgsql version, could be even
> on the same box).
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As I wrote above. An upgrade to 7.3.12 neither solves the "unsupported
frontend protocol" nor the compilation problem, the structure pgNotify
is exactly the same as in 7.3.1.
I think there are still a lot of 7.3.* versions out there, and they all
have to suffer from that problems.

regards
Gerhard