Ah Gentoo I love thee. Check this blog entry Brian: http://hasno.info/2008/7/31/upgrading-to-postgresql-8-3-on-gentoo
<http://hasno.info/2008/7/31/upgrading-to-postgresql-8-3-on-gentoo>The gist of it being: ..largely due to the overall postgresql upgrade philosophy, which involves > dumping (backing up) all your dbs and the restoring them after the upgrade. > Since that isn't a seamless process, I'm sure they want an upgrade to be a > conscious decision. That being said, the current upgrade path involves > switching from the dev-db/postgresql package to the dev-db/postgresql-base > /dev-db/postgresql-serverpackages. HTH Drew On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Brian Modra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > does anyone know of any problems with postgis in postgresql 8.1.11 ? > I'm using postgis 1.3.1 in postgresql 8.1.11 > > uname says: > Linux lead 2.6.24-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP Sat Apr 5 18:42:58 SAST 2008 i686 > Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > The reason I ask is that Gentoo's package management system (portage) > wanted to downgrade postgres to 8.0.15... > I assume this is because postgis was tested by the gentoo maintainers > on postgres 8.0.15 only, but I'm a bit concerned that there may be > some problem they spotted in the 8.1 database. > Can anyone confirm that postgis 1.3.1 is actually totally stable in > postgresql 8.1.11 ? > > Thanks > Brian > -- > Brian Modra Land line: +27 23 5411 462 > Mobile: +27 79 69 77 082 > 5 Jan Louw Str, Prince Albert, 6930 > Postal: P.O. Box 2, Prince Albert 6930 > South Africa > http://www.zwartberg.com/ > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users >
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