On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:42:38 -0700
Konstantin Gredeskoul <kig@dropinmedia.com> wrote:
> Dear PostgreSQL admins and gurus,
>
> I always knew that installing Postgres using Yum/RPM/etc is a very
> bad idea, but decided to try it on one my boxes that runs local
> wiki/Trac.
>
> I added /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-84-centos.repo to my yum configuration
> and installed PostgreSQL version 8.4devel_20090310-1PGDG.rhel5.i386
>
> Today I ran "yum update", which quietly upgraded my installation to
> "8.4rc1-1PGDG.rhel5.i386" and now my server does not start.
This is not a rpm/yum/etc's fault. It's your fault...
Also, "yum update" *quietly upgraded* is nonsense. Either you run yum
update -y, or you choose yes after yum offered packages.
So it's your and your fault only... Please don't spread FUD because
rpm/yum work really good.
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