Bug 199142

Summary:	upgrade method for postgresql, blocking of previous version is inappropriate
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Leif Biberg Kristensen 2007-11-14 12:50:26 UTC

This is not quite a bug, but rather an approaching challenge. See this thread on forums.gentoo.org [http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-615494.html], in which I was asked to file a bug report. Concerning the upcoming PostgreSQL upgrade from 8.2 to 8.3, it's imperative that Gentoo implements an adequate transition procedure. Blocking the old version will create a 'chicken-and-egg' situation where you are left incapable of upgrading your existing databases. According to the developers, it's important that a dump of the old database should be done with the new 8.3 version of pg_dump. See this thread [http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2007-11/msg00051.php] on pgsql-advocacy for some details.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Alvaro Herrera 2007-11-14 14:07:04 UTC

See bug #42894

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-14 19:17:31 UTC

We are not going to remove this until it's slotted, sorry. Killing DBs sucks a LOT more than your blocker issues.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 42894 ***