Re: Yum upgrade of PostgreSQL 8.4 from to rc1 rendered data unusable

I agree, I did not realize that the yum repository I setup was still
the development version, and that minor upgrades would render data
directory incompatible. My bad.

All in all, I want to thank you all for quick responses, and for
keeping PG software moving along. I've been using PG for over 5 years
in multiple production environments, and it's been stable, fast, and
easy to manage.

Looks like I jumped the gun with adding 8.4 development repository to
yum updates, and that really was the cause of my minor pains.

K.

On Jun 16, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Devrim =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=DCND=DCZ?= <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> writes:
>> Anyway, we are talking about an issue which should never ever
>> happen, if
>> docs were read. I announced -devel RPMs lots of times, and each one
>> included a notice for dump/reload action.
>
> I think the real issue here is that the OP was confused about whether
> the devel RPMs represented a playpen or something that could be used
> for
> production data. It's hard to say whether we didn't convey that
> message
> clearly enough, or he failed to pay enough attention, but probably
> some
> blame can be assigned on both sides of that.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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