Re: Yum upgrade of PostgreSQL 8.4 from to rc1 rendered data unusable

Konstantin Gredeskoul escribió:

> Still, I consider automatic yum updates for Postgres fundamentally
> broken, if they invalidate your database directory.   A 2 minute update
> may cost an hour of downtime for someone who is not expecting this, like
> I wasn't.

You shouldn't have been using unreleased versions in that case.  If you
want stability, stick to 8.3; and/or wait for 8.4 to be released.

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