Yes, AFAIK, this machine is using the standard Fedora update repository. I'll just chalk this up to "anomalous behaviour of unknown origin" and add this to my test-after-updates checklist. Thanks, Gord > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:38 PM > To: Hyatt, Gordon > Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] v8.2.6->8.2.7 upgrade renamed /var/lib/pgsql > > "Hyatt, Gordon" <Gordon.Hyatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I just applied the v8.2.7 upgrade (from v8.2.6) on and FC8 server via > > yum. The upgrade went OK, but the /var/lib/pgsql directory (with the > > existing data) was renamed to /var/lib/pgsql.old and a new (and empty) > > /var/lib/pgsql directory was created. > > That's just weird. I tried the same here (also on an x86_64 F-8 box) > and didn't see it happen. Are you using the standard Fedora update > repository? > > regards, tom lane