Re: Pg 8.0rc5 to 8.0.1 update

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Ben Trewern <bendottrewern(at)mowlem(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Pg 8.0rc5 to 8.0.1 update
Date: 2005-02-25 00:38:21
Message-ID: 28930.1109291901@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Just a quick question. Do I need to do an initdb to upgrade a cluster from
>> v8.0rc5 to v8.0.1 or can I just do a make install.

> Uh, from that RC, no, I don't think so, but not all RC releases can do
> that, and we don't track when we require initdb during RC, so yea I
> would do the initdb just in case.

If the new postmaster will start, you don't need initdb. The
catversion.h CVS history would tell you ...

regards, tom lane

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