Hi,
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 12:41 +0200, r d wrote:
>
> I decided to install the PGDG repo (pgdg-fedora91-9.1-5.noarch) to
> make it update. It does not.
Fedora/Red Hat distro RPMs a only binary compatible since last year. I
broke package compatibility by enabling multiple version installation.
> The FC15 packages are called "postgresql_*" and not "postgresql90_*",
> the PGDG packages are called "postgresql91_*".
See above.
> Since both repositories apparently get into each others way, my
> question is, what is the best (recommended) way to update or install
> postgres:
>
> - Dump my FC15 installation and replace it with one coming from the
> PGDG repo?
This might be one of the options. However, as compared to Fedora RPMs,
we don't offer upgrade path. Fedora RPMs have a
service (or systemctl... whatever) postgresql upgrade
option. So, an upgrade path could be:
* Replace current packages with PGDG packages. Please note that data
directory of 9.0 will be under /var/lib/pgsql/9.0, not /var/lib/pgsql.
* Make sure that db is working.
* Now, install 9.1 in parallel.
* Perform upgrade using pg_upgrade or pg_dump.
* Start 9.1
> - Wait for the 9.1 packages to appear in the Fedora Core repo?
Fedora will release 9.1 in F-16. Fedora 15 won't have 9.1.
Regards,
--
Devrim GÜNDÜZ
Principal Systems Engineer @ EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
PostgreSQL Danışmanı/Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer
Community: devrim~PostgreSQL.org, devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr
http://www.gunduz.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/devrimgunduz
