Thread: BUG #5137: Upgrade policy clarification
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5137 Logged by: Peter Bengtson Email address: peter@peterbengtson.com PostgreSQL version: 8.3.8 Operating system: Debian, Mac OS X Description: Upgrade policy clarification Details: It would be good if you to the page describing how a db dump is required only for major verson upgrades, e.g. from 8.3.x to 8.4.x but not from, say, 8.3.7 to 8.3.8, could add a proviso: a DB dump *is* necessary when upgrading from a server compiled for 32 bits even to the same version compiled for 64 bit architectures. I recently spent about 12 hours getting my development system in order again after an upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard, simply because I believed your upgrade policy page. It would be nice if other people didn't have to go through that process.
On sön, 2009-10-25 at 13:52 +0000, Peter Bengtson wrote: > It would be good if you to the page describing how a db dump is required > only for major verson upgrades, e.g. from 8.3.x to 8.4.x but not from, say, > 8.3.7 to 8.3.8, could add a proviso: a DB dump *is* necessary when upgrading > from a server compiled for 32 bits even to the same version compiled for 64 > bit architectures. > > I recently spent about 12 hours getting my development system in order again > after an upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard, simply because I believed > your upgrade policy page. It would be nice if other people didn't have to go > through that process. Which page exactly are you talking about?
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes: > On s=C3=B6n, 2009-10-25 at 13:52 +0000, Peter Bengtson wrote: >> It would be good if you to the page describing how a db dump is required >> only for major verson upgrades, e.g. from 8.3.x to 8.4.x but not from, s= ay, >> 8.3.7 to 8.3.8, could add a proviso: a DB dump *is* necessary when upgra= ding >> from a server compiled for 32 bits even to the same version compiled for= 64 >> bit architectures. > > Which page exactly are you talking about? My bet on this one: http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning --=20 dim