Re: 7.0 RPM?
Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop@range.infoplease.com>
From: Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop@range.infoplease.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: karl@debisschop.net, "J. Atwood" <jatwood@bwanazulia.com>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-05-10T13:21:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote: > Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop@h00a0cc3b7988.ne.mediaone.net> writes: > > If you do use these. plan on upgrading once Lamar releases his final. But > > you should be able to do that without a dump/restore cycle, which was my > > prime concern. > > 7.0RC5 is database-compatible with the final, earlier betas are *not*. > You can use pg_upgrade to update from any 6.5-or-later version if you > are feeling adventurous, but I'd definitely suggest making a backup > first in case things go wrong and you have to initdb and restore. > > regards, tom lane Sorry if I was not clear. The RPMs I prepared use Lamar Owen spec from RC1, but use final release sources. Upgrading from final release to final release should not be a problem, I think. I only recommended it because I understand from his recent posts sthat Lamar has many inprovements to the RPM install script that I have not taken advantage of. Karl