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@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ - Installation instructions for PostgreSQL 7.0.1. + Installation instructions for PostgreSQL 7.0.2. If you haven't gotten the PostgreSQL distribution, get it from ftp.postgresql.org, then unpack it: -> gunzip postgresql-7.0.1.tar.gz -> tar -xf postgresql-7.0.1.tar -> mv postgresql-7.0.1 /usr/src +> gunzip postgresql-7.0.2.tar.gz +> tar -xf postgresql-7.0.2.tar +> mv postgresql-7.0.2 /usr/src Before you start @@ -138,10 +138,11 @@ For a fresh install or upgrading from previous releases of PostgreSQL: Test. (Be sure to use the "parallel regress test" method, since the sequential method only works with an already-installed server.) - 5. If you are not upgrading an existing system then skip to step 7. + 5. If you are not upgrading an existing system, skip to step 7. + If you are running 7.*, skip to step 6. - You now need to back up your existing database. To dump your fairly - recent post-6.0 database installation, type + You now need to back up your existing database. To dump your + database installation, type: > pg_dumpall > db.out @@ -151,13 +152,8 @@ For a fresh install or upgrading from previous releases of PostgreSQL: this (such as using OIDs as keys in tables), don't do it. Make sure to use the pg_dumpall command from the version you are - currently running. 7.0.1's pg_dumpall will not work on pre-7.0 databases. - However, if you are still using 6.0, do not use the pg_dumpall script - from 6.0 or everything will be owned by the PostgreSQL superuser after - you reload. In that case you should grab pg_dumpall from a later 6.x.x - release. If you are upgrading from a version prior to Postgres95 v1.09 - then you must back up your database, install Postgres95 v1.09, restore - your database, then back it up again. + currently running. 7.0.2's pg_dumpall should not be used on older + databases. Caution You must make sure that your database is not updated in the middle of your @@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ For a fresh install or upgrading from previous releases of PostgreSQL: Rather than using pg_dumpall, pg_upgrade can often be used. - 6. If you are upgrading an existing system then kill the database server + 6. If you are upgrading an existing system, kill the database server now. Type > ps ax | grep postmaster @@ -299,7 +295,7 @@ For a fresh install or upgrading from previous releases of PostgreSQL: This concludes the installation proper. To make your life more productive and enjoyable you should look at the following optional steps and -suggestions. +suggestions: * Life will be more convenient if you set up some environment variables. First of all you probably want to include /usr/local/pgsql/bin (or @@ -315,7 +311,7 @@ suggestions. * You probably want to install the man and HTML documentation. Type - > cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.1/doc + > cd /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-7.0.2/doc > gmake install |