Re: OS system version upgrade (glibc / libicu version change) - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Alexey Shishkin
Subject Re: OS system version upgrade (glibc / libicu version change)
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Msg-id CALVdoE78O7Ksm+1ySLCv=Bs_-O5hHyQfXHEMaNC3dPP1t2WSQw@mail.gmail.com
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Hi, Team !

Any ideas regarding my proposal ?

My recent experience is about the customers migrating from RHEL8 to RHEL10 and from SLES12 to SLES15 and they don't have the answers from PostgreSQL documentation.


best regards,

Alexey Shishkin

 

 

Alexey Shishkin

Technical Account Manager

EDB Software GmbH

alexey.shishkin@enterprisedb.com

 

www.enterprisedb.com

 



On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/collation.html
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Hi, Team !
It looks like the PostgreSQL documentation doesn't explain the customers
what to do with PostgreSQL in case of OS system version upgrade or/and glibc
/ libicu version change.
There're many links/blogs available where the required actions are
explained.
https://knowledge.enterprisedb.com/hc/en-us/articles/13520015051420-glibc-locale-data-changes
https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/postgres-migration-pitstop-collations
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes
The thing is some of the recommendations are not complete or/and not
up-to-date.
I see a lot of confusion in the field about this topic, because PostgreSQL
users don't have the 'official recommendations' from the PostgreSQL
community.
So, my proposal to dedicate a chapter in the PostgreSQL documentation about
the topic.
best regards
Alexey Shishkin

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