Just a thought, but did you compile from the ports? The PostgreSQL client and server are separate ports on FreeBSD. If I recall correctly, the updated client typically isn't handled as a dependency when the server is updated, so you would likely have to handle them separately. Mel Peterson R&D Engineer melissa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx GigaCrete, Inc. 6775 Speedway Boulevard, Suite M-104 Las Vegas, NV 89115 Phone 702-643-6363 Fax 702-543-7010 www.gigacrete.com B U I L D S T R O N G. B U I L D F O R W A R D. This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply email and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Christopher Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:39 AM To: Jonathan Nalley; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ADMIN] unable to backup database -- psql not up to date > What OS are you running on? > > How did you perform this upgrade? In a packaged form like rpm? or > did you compile from source? > > I am running FreeBSD 6.1 I compiled from source, and followed the instructions in the documentation about upgrading to a new major release (pg_dumpall, shutdown, mv old version, install new version, restore) -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin