Re: Automatic database upgrade

2009/2/5 Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>

> > > Debian has an add-on named pg_upgradecluster which transforms an
> > > existing cluster into a new one transferring databases via
> dump/restore.
> > >
> > > This works nicely as long as the databases are not "too large" with
> > > respect to the hardware specs they are running on.
> > Ah really? Is that a Debian-only tool?
> Pretty much as it assumes packages are installed they way they are
> on Debian.
>
> > If not, how would I get a copy on Gentoo?
> You'd have to port it (or have it ported by making Gentoo maintainers
> talk to the Debian PostgreSQL package maintainer).
>
> Karsten
>

That's a shame. When 8.4 comes out, I'll have to look carefully at the
documentation for upgrading from 8.3.5.

Thanks

Thom