On Sat, Nov 7, 2026 at 3:25 AM Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2026-11-06 at 08:39 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > The sad part is that (if you download the packages beforehand) it takes
> less than
> > 20 seconds to stop the instance, install RPMs and then start the
> instance.
>
> Why is that sad?
>

Because it means there's no good reason to stay unpatched.


> Also, a shutdown can take a while on a busy system, unless you run a
> checkpoint right
> before you shut down.
>

Which means you run a checkpoint just before shutdown.
psql -Xc "CHECKPOINT;"
pg_ctl stop -wt9999
sudo dnf install /path/to/rpms/*rpm
pg_ctl start -wt9999

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