> Michael A. Peters wrote: >> I run CentOS 5.x and I do not like to upgrade vendor supplied packages. >> My >> version of pg_dump is from postgresql-8.1.21-1.el5_5.1 - I'm assuming >> the >> 8.1.21 is the important part. >> > > That's a bad policy with PostgreSQL. I guarantee you that the problems > you will run into because you're on PostgreSQL 8.1 are far worse than > any you might encounter because you've updated from RedHat's PostgreSQL > to the RPM packages provided by the PostgreSQL packagers. There are > hundreds of known limitations in 8.1 you will absolutely suffer from as > you expand your deployment that have been fixed in later versions. Yes, > you can run into a packaging problem after upgrading to the PostgreSQL > provided 8.3 or 8.4 that doesn't exist with the 8.1 they ship. But > that's a *possible* issue, compared to the *guaranteed* limitations that > are removed by using a later version of the database. > > Also, take a look at > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy > 8.1 will be a frozen release no longer receiving bug fixes real soon now. OK. I already maintain my own php RPMs because RHEL php is too old (I need the DOMDocument stuff) so maybe I need to add Postgresql to that. PHP is the only thing I currently have that links against postgresql anyway. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
