Re: Upgrading side by side in Gentoo

From: Adriana Alfonzo <adriana(dot)alfonzo(at)venalum(dot)com(dot)ve>
To: Holger Hoffstaette <holger(at)wizards(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading side by side in Gentoo
Date: 2008-11-13 13:39:50
Message-ID: 491C2E26.9090606@venalum.com.ve
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no more mesages please..

Holger Hoffstaette escribió:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:41:35 +0200, Andrus wrote:
>
>
>> Greg,
>>
>>
>>> You need to get one of the experimental builds that include slotted
>>> support. Take a look at
>>> http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/postgresql/wiki/ExperimentalFAQ and the
>>> page linked to by the blog article you mentioned at
>>> http://dev-zero.ch/blog/archives/6-PostgreSQL-Status.html
>>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
> Please forget those pages, they are very outdated.
>
>
>> I have SSH root access to this system over internet only and no
>> experiences on Linux.
>>
>
> If the system and/or the database are important, get someone who knows
> what they are doing.
>
>
>> Person who installed this server has left the company. So I think it is
>> not possible/reasonable to try change OS in this server.
>>
>
> You don't have to do that - it would not solve anything. The main probem is
> the old PostgreSQL version, not the OS.
>
>
>> Where to get ready binaries which can be copied and ran in Gentoo ? Is
>> there any how-to pages or tips about compiling PostgreSql from source in
>> this Gentoo ?
>>
>
> This would do more harm than good so *don't*.
>
> No matter what you do you will have to dump the DB to upgrade it from
> 8.1.x anyway so some downtime is unavoidable. Depending on the contents
> you may even have to fix some bits of the schema since 8.3 is more strict
> than 8.1 in some ways. This is the hard part, and it has *nothing* to do
> with Gentoo; upgrading your installation is the easiest part and will only
> take a few minutes since it is completely automated (2 or 3 commands).
>
> If you are willing to pay for professional help feel free to email me.
>
> -h
>
>
>
>

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