Re: Version Problems on Mac OS X.2 Jaguar - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Babu Khan
Subject Re: Version Problems on Mac OS X.2 Jaguar
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Msg-id 20030109210235.5166.qmail@web14512.mail.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: Version Problems on Mac OS X.2 Jaguar  (Jeffrey Bohmer <bohmer@visionlink.org>)
Responses Re: Version Problems on Mac OS X.2 Jaguar
Re: Version Problems on Mac OS X.2 Jaguar
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--- Jeffrey Bohmer <bohmer@visionlink.org> wrote:
>
> Do you have an existing 7.2 dump that could be used
> in a restore now?  If so, you can install 7.3 and
> restore from that dump.  If not, then you'll need to
> get 7.2.x (any version of it) on your 10.2 machine
> to make a dump.  Or, move your existing 7.2.1.5
> install to a 10.1 machine and make a dump there.
>
How do I move existing install onto other 10.1
machine??

That looks like my only hope now...

> For 7.2.x on 10.2, you could try all three versions
> of Marc's distribution for a functional pg_dump or
> pg_dumpall.  Or, install fink and try to get 7.2.x
> working via fink.  Otherwise, you'll need to tweak
> the 7.2 sources manually (sorry, I can't help you
> with this last one).
>

Don't want to mess around with Fink, but is there a
way to have 2 version installions on the same machine?

Regards,
babu.
> - Jeff
>
>
> >You will have to dump 7.2 before moving to 7.3.
> 7.3 requires a db init.  So your best bet is to
> recompile 7.2 on 10.2.
> >
> >
> >On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 01:17 PM, Babu
> Khan wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks Jeffrey,
> >>
> >>I am aware of the page by Marc Liyanage, infact I
> >>tried to update according to the instructions, but
> my
> >>problem is that pg_dump is not working ( it gives
> some
> >>undefined variable in libararies errors), so if I
> need
> >>to upgrade to 7.3 from 7.2.1.5 can I do it without
> >>backing up the data. i understand this is only
> >>possible if internal table structures, etc haven't
> >>changed in 7.3 from 7.2.1.5
> >>
> >>babu.
> >>--- Jeffrey Bohmer <bohmer@visionlink.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>7.3 and later compile on OS X 10.2, 7.2.x don't
> >>>without tweaks.  Upgrading is probably your best
> >>>bet.
> >>>
> >>>Some people have used fink to get 7.2.x working
> with
> >>>10.2.  I used a distribution put together by Marc
> >>>Liyanage (sp?), which I can't find on the web
> >>>anymore.  I still have my copies of this
> >>>distribution for 7.2.1, 7.2.2, and 7.2.3.  If you
> >>>want any of them, contact me off-list.
> >>>
> >>>- Jeff
> >>>
> >>>>Hi Guys,
> >>>>
> >>>>I have a BIIG poblem.
> >>>>
> >>>>We had some application running on Mac OS X.1
> using
> >>>>postgres 7.2.1.5. Recently we decided to upgrade
> to
> >>>>Mac OS X.2 Jaguar.
> >>>>
> >>>>Now this is where the problem starts. After the
> >>>>upgrade although the application runs, i am
> unable
> >>>to
> >>>>run psql, pg_dump etc. After research, I learnt
> >>>that
> >>>>this is because postgres was compiled for OS
> 10.1
> >>>and
> >>>>now I should re-compile it for 10.2. For this I
> >>>need
> >>>>to backup the data right? or can I just simply
> run
> >>>the
> >>>>postgres.pkg file for 7.2.1.5 again and that
> will
> >>>not
> >>>>disturb the current data in the database??
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks for any help....
> >>>>
> >>>>babu
> >>>--
> >>>
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