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Installation |
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Operation |
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5. Release Notes |
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Release 6.5.1 |
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Migration to v6.5.1 |
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Detailed Change List |
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Release 6.5 |
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Migration to v6.5 |
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Multi-Version Concurrency Control |
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Chapter 2. Ports |
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This manual describes version 6.5 of Postgres. The |
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This manual describes version 6.5.1 of Postgres. The |
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Postgres developer community has compiled and tested |
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Postgres on a number of platforms. Check the web site |
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(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/ports.htm) for |
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Platforms listed for v6.3.x and v6.4.x should also |
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work with v6.5, but we did not receive explicit |
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work with v6.5.1, but we did not receive explicit |
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confirmation of such at the time this list was |
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compiled. |
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Chapter 3. Installation |
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Complete installation instructions for Postgres |
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v6.5. |
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v6.5.1. |
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Before installing Postgres, you may wish to visit |
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www.postgresql.org (http://www.postgresql.org) for up |
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the remaining steps in the installation will |
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happen in this account. |
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4. Ftp file |
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ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar.- |
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gz |
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(ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar- |
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.gz) from the Internet. Store it in your home |
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ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz |
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from the Internet. Store it in your home |
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directory. |
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5. Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex |
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then make sure you have a good version. To check, |
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/usr/include/FlexLexer.h and will add a link |
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/usr/bin/flex++ which points to flex. |
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6. If you are not upgrading an existing system then |
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skip to step 9. If you are upgrading an existing |
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system then back up your database. For alpha- and |
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skip to step 9. If you are upgrading from 6.5, you |
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do not need to dump/reload or initdb. Simply |
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compile the source code, stop the postmaster, do a |
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"make install", and restart the postmaster. |
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If you are upgrading from 6.4.* or earlier, |
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back up your database. For alpha- and |
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beta-level releases, the database format is liable |
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to change, often every few weeks, with no notice |
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besides a quick comment in the HACKERS mailing |
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pull the most recent version of pg_dumpall from |
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the new distribution: |
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$ cd |
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$ gunzip -c postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz \ |
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$ gunzip -c postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz \ |
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| tar xvf - src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall |
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$ chmod a+x src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall |
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$ src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall > db.out |
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$ exit |
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10. Unzip and untar the new source file. Type |
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$ cd /usr/src/pgsql |
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$ gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
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$ gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - |
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11. Configure the source code for your system. It |
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is this step at which you can specify your actual |
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installation path for the build process (see the |
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a. Start the postmaster daemon running in the |
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background by typing |
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$ cd |
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$ postmaster -i |
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$ nohup postmaster -i > pgserver.log 2>&1 & |
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b. Create a database by typing |
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$ createdb |
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c. Connect to the new database: |
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# Also delete old database directory tree if it is |
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not in |
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# /usr/local/pgsql_6_5/data |
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$ rm ~/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz |
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$ rm ~/postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz |
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27. You will probably want to print out the |
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documentation. If you have a Postscript printer, |
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or have your machine already set up to accept |
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send a mail message to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org |
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(mailto:pgsql-ports@postgresql.org) telling us the |
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following: |
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o The version of Postgres (v6.5, 6.4.2, beta |
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981014, etc.). |
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o Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v5.1 Linux |
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v2.0.34). |
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o The version of Postgres (v6.5.1, 6.5, beta |
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990318, etc.). |
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o Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v5.2 Linux |
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v2.0.36). |
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o Your hardware (SPARC, i486, etc.). |
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o Did you compile, install and run the regression |
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tests cleanly? If not, what source code did you |
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Marc G. Fournier
26 years ago