Re: [sysadmins] Two upgrades this weekend ... - Mailing list pgsql-www

Fixing, will advise when completed ...

On Sun, 24 May 2009, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

> Marc,
>
> I got an error when committing a file. Could you take a look at?
>
> /cvsroot/pgpool/pgpool-II/sql/pgpool-recovery/Makefile,v  <--  Makefile
> new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
> done
> Can't locate URI/Escape.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/BSDPAN
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/mach/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/mach
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9.) at /usr/local/bin/activitymail line 52.
 
>
>> Okay, everything *appears* to be fine ... only concern I have is mailman,
>> as I don't know how to test that, but it *looks* like postfix is
>> processing emails properly ...
>>
>> Please go through and let me know, as I said, worst case, we have to
>> revert back to the 6.x format, but would prefer to resolve any issues vs
>> just switch back ...
>>
>> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am starting this on pgfoundry.org right now ... the procedure is very
>>> simple (but longish):
>>>
>>> shutdown VPS
>>> use rsync to create a duplicate
>>> upgrade OS to 7.x
>>> restart VPS
>>> upgrade all ports to 7.x
>>> restart VPS to ensure all services restart
>>>
>>> I won't be going to bed until it is finished, so there will be no delays for
>>> rebuilding the ports themselves ...
>>>
>>> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Robert Treat wrote:
>>>>>> On Saturday 23 May 2009 00:35:05 Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>>>>> I need to perform two upgrades this weekend:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    pgfoundry.org
>>>>>>>    pugs.postgresql.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've been having an odd issue with our 64bit servers of late, and we've
>>>>>>> been slowly eliminating potential problems.  Right now, I am working on
>>>>>>> eliminating a potential issue with running FreeBSD 6.x VPS/libraries on
>>>>>>> the FreeBSD 7.x servers, something that all three of our current 64bit
>>>>>>> servers have in varying degrees.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Both pgfoundry.org and pugs.postgresql.org are running FreeBSD 6.x
>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>> / libraries, so I will be upgrade them to proper 7.x VPSs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    The downtime tends to vary, but will be at least 2hrs each, and I
>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> do them sequentially .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    No config files will be changed, only the binaries upgraded /
>>>>>>> recompiled
>>>>>>> to be proper "native 7.x binaries" ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the heads up... any chance you can email pgsql-www when the
>>>>>> downtime begins (and optionally when it is done) ?
>>>>>
>>>>> it might also be important to mention that depending on what the
>>>>> definition of "binaries upgraded" is that our version of gforge might not
>>>>> work with certain newer stuff...
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to duplicate pgfoundry *before* do the upgrade, so that if it
>>>> does fail completely, I can revert back to the 6.x version quickly ...
>>>>
>>>> And yes, will send out a notice both before, and when completed ...
>>>>
>>>>
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