> > Unfortunately, I can't just "compile" since I need to be able to
replace my
> > current 7.0.3 installation, installed via RPMs. How do I go about this
so I
> > don't mess everything up (leftover files and such, in addition to the
> > mandatory pg_dump) ?
>
> Install the "compiled" version somewhere else and run them in parallel.
> Once you're finished doing the data conversion, remove the RPM version.
If you do that, either fully qualify your calls to psql and other
utilities, or create aliases for them. Otherwise, the RPM'd versions with
binaries in /usr/bin can be called instead of the binaries you really
want, and there are circumstances where that will cause problems, even
though the developpers have done a wonderful job of making sure that
things will work as well as can be expected with mis-matched versions. : )
steve