Re: 7.0 RPM?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: karl(at)debisschop(dot)net
Cc: "J(dot) Atwood" <jatwood(at)bwanazulia(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.0 RPM?
Date: 2000-05-10 04:31:03
Message-ID: 16749.957933063@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop(at)h00a0cc3b7988(dot)ne(dot)mediaone(dot)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

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