Thread: Re: [ANNOUNCE] i386 RPMs available for v6.5.1

> Tom, do you want something about this as an announcement on the web
> page?  If so, is there anything in particular you want it to say?

Yes, that would be great. I need to write an RPM installation guide,
and the web page could point to that eventually. In the meantime, how
about something like:

  RedHat RPMs for v6.5.1 on i386 machines are now available at
    ftp://postgresql.org/pub/RPMS/
  Please report any questions or problems to
    mailto:pgsql-ports@postgresql.org

  Note that a dump/reload is not necessary if you already have v6.5
RPMs
  installed. Just
  o shut down your v6.5 server
  o do an "rpm -Uvh *.rpm"
  o restart and you're ready to go.

  If you are upgrading from an earlier version, do the following:
  o before upgrading, do a "pg_dumpall > file.dumpall"
  o move /var/lib/pgsql aside (e.g. rename to /var/lib/pgsql-6.4.2)
  o upgrade or install the RPMs using "rpm -Uvh *.rpm"
  o run initdb, setting PGDATA appropriately
  o restart the new backend server
  o do a "psql < file.dumpall"

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Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California

Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> > Tom, do you want something about this as an announcement on the web
> > page?  If so, is there anything in particular you want it to say?
>
> Yes, that would be great. I need to write an RPM installation guide,
> and the web page could point to that eventually. In the meantime, how
> about something like:

Look at http://www.ramifordistat.net/postgres/rpm_upgrade.html and
rpm_install.html for an example.

Have you been getting e-mail from me the last week or so, Thomas??  Not
to try to duplicate effort or anything, but I have already gone to the
effort of writing these small guides.  I am still working on the
upgrading, and am close to a release of an "rpm -U"able RPM set.  Let me
know what you want me to do, and I'll do it.  I have apparently had some
e-mail problems, as it seems some of my mail to you in the last week or
so has not gone through.  If you would prefer to advize me privately, by
all means do so.

Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio