Re: yum update for postgresql rpms

Tickling this thread to see if I can get a confirmation of the described behavior for rpm update via yum.

I do not want to cross-post (but if this is not the correct forum, please let me know).

Thanks,
Scott
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From: Haas, Scott
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:23 AM
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: yum update for postgresql rpms

RHEL 7.9
PostgreSQL 12 (12.5.1 to 12.6.1)

I am updating RPMs for postgres and was interested to know whether this is indeed expected behavior for the rpm update:

When the "yum update" is executed, postgresql rpms are updated. It looks at that point, postgresql (postmaster) processes automatically restart. In the procedure I was building, I figured I'd need to stop/start postgres (systemctl stop postgresql-12, systemctl start postgresql-12), but that doesn't look to be necessary.

I don't recall this automatic postmaster restart occurring a few weeks ago when I went from 12.4.1 to 12.5.1 - perhaps it did, but I just stopped/re-started postgres unnecessarily.

Thanks,
Scott

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