Re: yum update for postgresql rpms

It's standard procedure for package managers to stop daemons before update
and then start them back up afterward.

On 2/23/21 8:22 AM, Haas, Scott wrote:
> Tickling this thread to see if I can get a confirmation of the described
> behavior for rpm update via yum.
>
>
> I do not want to cross-post (but if this is not the correct forum, please
> let me know).
>
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
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> *From:* Haas, Scott
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 18, 2021 11:23 AM
> *To:* pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> *Subject:* yum update for postgresql rpms
> RHEL 7.9
> PostgreSQL 12 (12.5.1 to 12.6.1)
>
> I am updating RPMs for postgres and was interested to know whether this is
> indeed expected behavior for the rpm update:
>
> When the "yum update" is executed, postgresql rpms are updated.  It looks
> at that point, postgresql (postmaster) processes automatically restart. 
> In the procedure I was building, I figured I'd need to stop/start postgres
> (systemctl stop postgresql-12, systemctl start postgresql-12), but that
> doesn't look to be necessary.
>
> I don't recall this automatic postmaster restart occurring a few weeks ago
> when I went from 12.4.1 to 12.5.1 - perhaps it did, but I just
> stopped/re-started postgres unnecessarily.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
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