Re: Insane behaviour in 8.3.3

Not talking about going to something after 8.3.19, just updating to
the latest 8.3 version.  On most systems it's a simple:

sudo apt-get upgrade

or similar and sit back and watch.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Achilleas Mantzios
<achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
> On Παρ 15 Ιουν 2012 10:28:20 Scott Marlowe wrote:
>> You do realize you're missing four years of bug fixes right?
>
> On Πεμ 14 Ιουν 2012 11:39:35 Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
>> Unfortunately the remote installations are neither physically accessible
>> nor by TCP/IP accesible (comms are done via UUCP and administration via
>> minicom, and the costs are just huge 5 USD/min for 33Kbits/sec). So, i
>> would exhaust all posibilities before deciding to ship a new postgresql
>> version there, and remotely upgrade, physically travel to the ship or even
>> trying to do a backup/initdb/restore in the existing version. Any help
>> would be really really appreciated.
>>
>> Also, as you might have understood, upgrading, although generally a good
>> idea, does not apply so easily in our case.
>
> And i forgot to mention, minicom term emulation quality sucks, even giving simple
> shell commands is a PITA, upgrading the whole fleet would mean bast case scenario
> minimum 21K USD for the whole fleet + suspension of all other activities for two months.
> If physical travel was involved, the cost would be increased at even higher levels.
>
>
> -
> Achilleas Mantzios
> IT DEPT



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