Hi, On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 09:00 +0800, Phoenix Kiula wrote: > I hope this is a simple question. I checked the PG wiki but didn't > find an answer: > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/RPM_Installation That document may not be up2date. I'll check. Until then, http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000048/1338/PostgreSQL-RPM-Installation-PGDG.pdf and http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/gregsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm may help you. > I have my 8.2.3 RPMs installed. I would like to upgrade to 8.2.9. > Because this is a minor version upgrade (within 8.2) I understand that > I should be able to upgrade the rpm *without* dump/restore step. Well, you still need to check release notes. There has been *very few* exceptions for that. But in principle, answer is no. > Now, is it correct that i don't have to stop my server and I can just > execute these commands: > > rpm -Uvh --test postgresql-libs-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm > rpm -Uvh --test postgresql-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm > rpm -Uvh --test postgresql-contrib-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm > rpm -Uvh --test postgresql-devel-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm > rpm -Uvh --test postgresql-server-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm > > And all will be okay? (I would run these without the "--test") Right > now, these tests give errors. What errors? Also, I think you should update all packages at once, like: rpm -Uvh postgresql-server-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm postgresql-8.2.9-1PGDG.rhel4.i386.rpm ... Regards, -- Devrim GÜNDÜZ, RHCE devrim~gunduz.org, devrim~PostgreSQL.org, devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr http://www.gunduz.org
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