Re: postgres on redhat 7.0
От | Adam Lang |
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Тема | Re: postgres on redhat 7.0 |
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Msg-id | 007001c0440a$a2d98520$330a0a0a@6014cwpza006 обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: postgres on redhat 7.0 ("os390 ibmos" <os390@hotmail.com>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
It also relates back to a post I made many moons ago. I don't upgrade any OS (outside of minor patches). If it is a new OS version, backup and then clean install. Just too many variables to contend with to trust a type of upgrade script. Adam Lang Systems Engineer Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Wolfe" <steve@iboats.com> To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgres on redhat 7.0 > > I was the original poster. Really my confusion stemmed > > from the fact that upgrading from RH6.0 to RH7.0, 7.0 > > complained (during boot) that my Postgress verision was outdated > > I need to upgrade. This threw me off. > > Yeah, the init script that they provide checks what's in PG_VERSION, and > tells you to upgrade. The bad side is that it may have already overwritten > your old binaries, etc., making it difficult to do a dump. You'd have to > reinstall the old one, do the dump, then upgrade PostgreSQL, and then > reinsert. > > Hopefully, their upgrade system was smart enough to not blindly overwrite > your old PostgreSQL installation. If it did blindy overwrite it, then it's > a very poorly written "upgrade", even Microsoft does better than that in a > lot of situations. It would give further validation to my refusal to ever > use RedHat's upgrade procedure. > > This isn't to say that RedHat is the devil. Just that like all *nix > varieties, it has it's own behavioural deficiencies that need to be > recognized and worked around. If there was a *nix that didn't have > deficiencies, then all of the other varieties would quickly go away. > > > In general I am pretty pissed at RH attitude to system > > upgrade, if I were working in a Production environment, > > I would either hire them and not try anything myself, > > which kinda contradicts the whole Linux philosophy. > > Well, it certainly doesn't contradict the RedHat philosophy of "Give them > the product for free, then charge for support." ; ) >
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