On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM Marius Schwarz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 6. POSTGRESQL server update from V16 to V18 > > Never ever make more than 1 version jump with postgresql servers. the > imgrationtool does not handle it at all: > > F43vm # postgresql-upgrade --upgrade-ids > postgresql - Upgrade data from system PostgreSQL version (PostgreSQL 17) > > No support for 16 => you have to revert the database, export databases, > upgrade server and reimport it. > > I'm glad i new about that pgsql issue upfront and made sqldumps. All hail > MYSQL livemigrationfeature ;)
I agree, the postgres bump skipping version 17 wasn't great. But this issue was already discussed for quite a bit last year when Fedora 43 was released, and led to updated documentation: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/cant-upgrade-postgres-after-f42-f43/171071 Fabio -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
