Re: Yum upgrade of PostgreSQL 8.4 from to rc1 rendered data unusable - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Yum upgrade of PostgreSQL 8.4 from to rc1 rendered data unusable
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Msg-id 20090616153444.GB7519@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Yum upgrade of PostgreSQL 8.4 from to rc1 rendered data unusable  (Konstantin Gredeskoul <kig@dropinmedia.com>)
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Konstantin Gredeskoul escribió:

> Still, I consider automatic yum updates for Postgres fundamentally
> broken, if they invalidate your database directory.   A 2 minute update
> may cost an hour of downtime for someone who is not expecting this, like
> I wasn't.

You shouldn't have been using unreleased versions in that case.  If you
want stability, stick to 8.3; and/or wait for 8.4 to be released.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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