Re: Installing the latest 8.1.1 rpms question.

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Jerry LeVan <jerry(dot)levan(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Installing the latest 8.1.1 rpms question.
Date: 2005-12-14 08:15:41
Message-ID: 439FD4AD.5040206@archonet.com
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Jerry LeVan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just downloaded the 8.1.1 rpms for FC4 from postgresql.org.
>
> It appears that removing the existing rpms will require also
> removing a number of dependencies. (That what Synaptics asserts...)
>
> Is it possible to use a "rpm -Uvh *" to overwrite the existing
> 8.1.0 rpms from postgresql.org? and not have to reload all of
> the other bits and pieces?

That should work just fine. You shouldn't need to dump/reload either,
although I always do where possible.

Don't forget when 8.2 comes out and you want to upgrade you will NEED to
pg_dump your data first and then restore it.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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