redhat Ent3 et postegresql v7.4.3

[MPaule Torre]

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


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[Gaetano Mendola]

Post by MPaule Torre
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

[Tom Lane]

Post by Gaetano Mendola

Post by MPaule Torre
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

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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

Post by MPaule Torre
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
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PROOF Base de Données/Web
Quai de la Darse, BP8,Cas. Nicolas
06238 VILLEFRANCHE sur MER
FRANCE
TEL [phone]
FAX [phone]
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