"Hyatt, Gordon" <Gordon(dot)Hyatt(at)joslin(dot)harvard(dot)edu> writes:
> I just applied the v8.2.7 upgrade (from v8.2.6) on and FC8 server via
> yum. The upgrade went OK, but the /var/lib/pgsql directory (with the
> existing data) was renamed to /var/lib/pgsql.old and a new (and empty)
> /var/lib/pgsql directory was created.
That's just weird. I tried the same here (also on an x86_64 F-8 box)
and didn't see it happen. Are you using the standard Fedora update
repository?
regards, tom lane