Re: Debian upgrade with PostgreSQL

On 2012-07-30, Patrick Ernst <pernst@mpi-inf.mpg.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are running PostgreSQL 8.3 on a Debian Lenny system. Since the system
> is outdated, we want to update to Debian Squeeze.
>
> Based on your knowledge and experience are there any special
> preparations for PostgreSQL we have to take care of? Or can you give us
> some tips how we should approach the system upgrade so that everything
> runs smoothly?
>

I've done 3 or 4 upgrades from Lenny to Squeeze and didn't encounter
anything exciting during that. as for postgres 8.4 is for the most part
backwards compatible with 8.3, I didn't get any nasty surprises there
either.



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