On 12 June 2010 18:46, Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote: > Thom Brown wrote: >> > I am sure that will change soon. ?:-) ?The right URL is now #7 on >> > Google: >> > >> > ? ? ? ?http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/pgupgrade.html >> > >> >> restoring from a full backup :( ?I don't think I could use it for >> >> upgrading from beta 1 to beta 2 anyway by the looks of things. ?The >> >> binary directories are updated since they share the same version >> >> number. >> > >> > You certainly could have. ?The docs say: >> > >> > ? ? ? ?F.31.1. Supported Versions >> > >> > ? ? ? ?pg_upgrade supports upgrades from 8.3.X and later to the current >> > major >> > ? ? ? ?release of PostgreSQL, including snapshot and alpha releases. >> > >> > In fact, we were hoping people would test pg_upgrade during the required >> > beta2 catalog change. >> > >> >> How would that work if the beta1 binaries are overwritten by the beta2 >> binaries since they both share the same version number? > > Uh, did you look at the URL I mentioned. I talks about renaming the old > directory before installing the new installation, if necessary. >
Ah, I see. Unfortunately it still wouldn't have helped since I had already installed the new beta. Normally it installs versions in parallel, but not in this case. :/ Had I planned it before installation, I would have ensured the binaries were moved beforehand. Nevermind. :) Thom -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
