Thread: redhat Ent3 et postegresql v7.4.3
Hello everybody I have a red hat ent.3 operationg system. It has been delivered with postgresql v7.3.6-1 I would like to use a new stable version : v7.4.3 (server on linux and an ontother PC under windows 2000 to test and develop : with cygwin => v7.4.3 or v7.4.2 available) Do you have any information about installing postgresql v7.4.3 rpm on this redhat ent 3 operating system ? is it working well ? Do I have to delete the oldest package (rpm too) ? More thanks in advance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TORRE MPaule Observatoire Oceanologique -OOV PROOF Base de Données/Web Quai de la Darse, BP8,Cas. Nicolas 06238 VILLEFRANCHE sur MER FRANCE TEL (33)4.93.76.38.77 FAX (33)4.93.76.38.73
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Usually the RPM's work fine if they're build for that version of operating system. What I tend to do is not trust RPM to do the update correctly (particularly with postgres). So normally for an upgrade I: pg_dumpall > backup.dump shut down the postmaster make a backup copy of the old data directory (usually /var/lib/pgsql) do an rpm -e on all postgres and libpq packages. make sure /var/lib/pgsql is gone now install the new version from the rpms which should create a complete setup and also do the initdb for you. then restore the databases as postgres user with psql template1 < backup.dump do a vacuum full analyze verbose on all databases If that went all well you should have all your data back in place. You may have to fiddle with the postgres.conf and pg_hba.conf settings, because removing the old postgres version will also erase those files. So you may want to keep a copy around for reference. Hope that helps UC On Thursday 12 August 2004 05:51 am, MPaule Torre wrote: > Hello everybody > > I have a red hat ent.3 operationg system. It has been delivered with > postgresql v7.3.6-1 > > I would like to use a new stable version : v7.4.3 > (server on linux and an ontother PC under windows 2000 to test and develop > > : with cygwin => v7.4.3 or v7.4.2 available) > > Do you have any information about installing postgresql v7.4.3 rpm on this > redhat ent 3 operating system ? is it working well ? > Do I have to delete the oldest package (rpm too) ? > > > More thanks in advance > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------------- TORRE MPaule > Observatoire Oceanologique -OOV > PROOF Base de Données/Web > Quai de la Darse, BP8,Cas. Nicolas > 06238 VILLEFRANCHE sur MER > FRANCE > TEL (33)4.93.76.38.77 > FAX (33)4.93.76.38.73 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html - -- UC - -- Open Source Solutions 4U, LLC 2570 Fleetwood Drive Phone: +1 650 872 2425 San Bruno, CA 94066 Cell: +1 650 302 2405 United States Fax: +1 650 872 2417 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBG6rmjqGXBvRToM4RAusjAKCdWQUpxNd5aZsdavUhzw8h7hua1ACdH7t6 ojvcu1GTOIIC3VA/bkhYyMw= =eib4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
MPaule Torre wrote: > Hello everybody > > I have a red hat ent.3 operationg system. It has been delivered with > postgresql v7.3.6-1 I'd like to know why RH still deliver 7.3.x after almost one year with the 7.4 around. Regards Gaetano Mendola
Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
> MPaule Torre wrote:
>> I have a red hat ent.3 operationg system. It has been delivered with
>> postgresql v7.3.6-1
> I'd like to know why RH still deliver 7.3.x after almost one year
> with the 7.4 around.
Because their policy is "no breakage for the lifetime of this product".
RHEL3 will ship with PG 7.3.something for its support lifetime. (Heck,
I'm going to have to fix PG 7.1 for RHAS 2.1 :-(.) If we (PG) had a
transparent update capability across major versions, maybe there would
be some wiggle room, but we don't. I don't get to force RHEL3 customers
through a dump/initdb/reload cycle, no matter how much I'd like to.
Fedora is up to speed with our latest release, but that's a totally
different distribution made with different goals in mind.
regards, tom lane
Red Hat Database project