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From: Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-server] Re: do not simply upgrade when "pg-hier" USE flag set
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:26:25
Message-Id: 45841D9B.3010909@gentoo.org
In Reply to: do not simply upgrade when "pg-hier" USE flag set (was: Re: [gentoo-server] postgres blockage) by Christian Bricart
1 Christian Bricart wrote:
2 > WARNING!
3 > I've broken my database with simply upgrading from 8.0.8 to 8.0.9-r1!
4 >
5 > This was due to having "pg-hier"-USE-flag defined, which patch and
6 > USE-flag was dropped for 8.0.9.
7 > If you have pg-hier set as USE flag you'll have to dump your database
8 > while still having 8.0.8, then emerge postgresql-8.0.9-r1 and restore
9 > your database from the dump!
10
11 You should *always* dump your database and restore it when upgrading anyway.
12
13 Steve
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Re: [gentoo-server] Re: do not simply upgrade when "pg-hier" USE flag set Christian Bricart <christian@×××××××.de>