On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Paragon Corporation <[email protected]> wrote: > Just in case some people don't know. > > PostgreSQL 8.3.8 and 8.4.1 came out last week and while they are mostly > security bug fixes, they do include some speed enhancements. >
I have PostGIS 1.4/PostGres 8.4. What is the recommended way of upgrading this combo? Do I have to recompile PostGres and then PostGIS again? Do I have to rebuild my databases? Is there a tutorial/knowledgebase article on the various upgrade paths possible? > For 8.4.1 -- "improve performance when processing toasted values in index > scans" > > Which fixes the below bug. > > http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-devel/2009-August/006659.ht > ml > (though I guess it wasn't backported to 8.3 since I don't see it listed in > 8.3.8 release notes) > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-1.html > > For both 8.3.8, 8.4.1 -- has for "Fix Windows shared-memory allocation " > This bug led to the often-reported "could not reattach to shared memory" > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-8.html > > Hope that helps, > Regina > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
