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On 02/13/2016 09:04 AM, Mick wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> How would you suggest I upgrade dev-db/postgresql-9.4.5-r2 to 9.5.1? |
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> I read here that dump and restore is probably a cleaner way to upgrade gentoo |
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> based installations, rather than using the pg_dump and pg_restore commands: |
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> http://michael.orlitzky.com/articles/upgrading_postgresql-9.x_on_gentoo.php |
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Haha, yes, I remember that. I stand by the note at the top. |
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You can install 9.5 side-by-side with 9.4. That gives you time to look |
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over the configuration for 9.5 while 9.4 is still running. Then when |
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you're ready, run pg_dump/pg_dumpall to back everything up. Stop 9.4, |
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eselect 9.5, start 9.5, and then run pg_restore or psql < backup.sql to |
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load all of the data. It's fast, conceptually simple, and minimizes the |
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downtime. |
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When you're sure it works, don't forget to remove 9.4 from the default |
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runlevel and add 9.5 so that you're not surprised on a reboot. |
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