Thread: Pg 8.0rc5 to 8.0.1 update

Hi,

Just a quick question.  Do I need to do an initdb to upgrade a cluster from
v8.0rc5 to v8.0.1 or can I just do a make install.

TIA

Ben

Ben Trewern wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question.  Do I need to do an initdb to upgrade a cluster from
> v8.0rc5 to v8.0.1 or can I just do a make install.

Uh, from that RC, no, I don't think so, but not all RC releases can do
that, and we don't track when we require initdb during RC, so yea I
would do the initdb just in case.

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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Just a quick question.  Do I need to do an initdb to upgrade a cluster from
>> v8.0rc5 to v8.0.1 or can I just do a make install.

> Uh, from that RC, no, I don't think so, but not all RC releases can do
> that, and we don't track when we require initdb during RC, so yea I
> would do the initdb just in case.

If the new postmaster will start, you don't need initdb.  The
catversion.h CVS history would tell you ...

            regards, tom lane