Re: Not finding RPMs for 8.4.2! - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 18:27 +0800, Phoenix Kiula wrote:
> What;s the YUM command to upgrade PG? Do I need to stop PG server? Can
> I be sure that my config and other settings will not be overwritten?

If you are upgrading from 8.X.Y to 8.X.Z, you don't need to backup
anything. If you are performing a major upgrade, you need to dump and
restore.

http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm

http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/45-An-Almost-Idiots-Guide-to-PostgreSQL-YUM.html


http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/60-YUM-2-Almost-Idiots-Guide-to-upgrade-from-PostgreSQL-8.3.1-to-8.3.3.html

http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/files/PostgreSQL-RPM-Installation-PGDG.pdf

are good howtos about this.

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