> On Jul 20, 2016, at 8:03 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 7/20/2016 4:48 PM, Steve Langlois wrote: >> I am upgrading an existing system running CentOS 5.6 with Postgres 8.2.5 to CentOS 7 with 9.2.15. The original system modified the postgresql script to manually running postmaster to start the database under the current user control. So it is really for compatibility with the rest of the code. > > 'because we did it this way 10 years ago' is a lousy excuse, but whatever. > > if you're upgrading the OS and database and everything, why are you stopping at 9.2? that version is already 80% through its support life cycle, I would use 9.4 or 9.5 for maximum support longetivity. 9.1 is on its final release, 9.2 will likely be desupported in a year or so. > Oh I agree and I will likely do that as I take over this code but wanted to see if I could get the ‘old’ method to work so I can unblock others until I can update the code. I was thinking the same about using the 9.5. 9.2 is the current distribution with CentOS 7.2. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
