Am Mittwoch, 23. April 2008 schrieb Ivan Sergio Borgonovo: > I'd like to know if anyone has experience in using postgresql 8.3 for > amd64. There are probably thousands of people with that experience. > How did you set up your apt config/source.list to just install the > minimum required to install 8.3 and php drivers? I'd say follow the instructions on backports.org. > Considering I'm not concerned of a "short" downtime and the DB is > pretty small what were your steps to safely upgrade on a production > box? (that mean I can just backup and restore and avoid more > complicated configurations involving slony). That depends on what your production box currently runs. > Is there a way to prepare for a safe "roll back" to the previous > version? Does the backported package let you keep installed the > previous version? That also depends on which package/version your production box currently runs.
