Re: [HACKERS] upgrading to 6.4 from 6.3

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Here is the last thing I think I promised for 6.4.  It is a script that
> > will allow 6.3.* users to upgrade to 6.4 without reloading all their
> > data.
> >
> > It works by copying the user tables/index files to a backup directory,
> > destroying and recreating the database, then using the
> > pg_dump/pg_dumpall output to re-create the tables and indexes, without
> > the COPY commands.  It then moves the table/index files back into the
> > directory.
>
> But how about pg_log & pg_variable ?
> Shouldn't nextOid, nextXid and transaction commit/abort infos
> be restored ?

OK, I have added an 'mv' of pg_log and pg_variable from the old
instance.  The only problem I see is that the postmaster is running
during the script, so shared memory is enabled.  If I copy them during
that time, do they get preseved, or does the next backend overwrite
pg_variable?

I wonder if I have to stop the postmaster before I do this, and tell the
user to restart it.  The new pid lock file would help in this case.


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