On 09/08/10 12:11 PM, tamanna madaan wrote:
Hi All Can a postgres patch for the fix ( provided in postgres-8.1.6 for autovacuum error ) be included with the postgres version I am using i.e postgres 8.1.2 so that I don't have to upgrade to 8.1.21 ?? Please reply
here's a few good reasons to not even THINK of doing what you're describing...
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-3.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-4.html <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-4.html>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-5.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-6.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-7.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-8.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-10.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-11.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-12.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-13.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-14.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-16.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-17.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-18.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-19.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-20.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-21.htmlNow, sure, many of those fixes are for obscure things which may never effect you. Do you really want to take the chance that none of those fixes could avoid catastrophic problems?
an upgrade from 8.1.2 is as simple as shutting down your server, installing the latest 8.1.21, restarting your server, and, to be safe per the release notes for 8.1.15 and 8.1.18, doing a reindexdb -a
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