Re: Not finding RPMs for 8.4.2! - Mailing list pgsql-general

2009/12/23 Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim@gunduz.org>:
> On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 18:27 +0800, Phoenix Kiula wrote:
>> What;s the YUM command to upgrade PG? Do I need to stop PG server? Can
>> I be sure that my config and other settings will not be overwritten?
>
> If you are upgrading from 8.X.Y to 8.X.Z, you don't need to backup
> anything. If you are performing a major upgrade, you need to dump and
> restore.
>
> http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm
>
> http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/45-An-Almost-Idiots-Guide-to-PostgreSQL-YUM.html
>
>
http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/60-YUM-2-Almost-Idiots-Guide-to-upgrade-from-PostgreSQL-8.3.1-to-8.3.3.html
>
> http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/files/PostgreSQL-RPM-Installation-PGDG.pdf
>
> are good howtos about this.



Thanks so much! The almost idiots guides are super :)