Re: Will new release require an initdb?

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From: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
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Subject: Will new release require an initdb?
Date: 2005-05-08 09:54:51
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.0505081253120.27626@emo.org.tr
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Hi,

The question is in the subject line: Will the new dot releases require an
initdb, since they will play with system catalogs?

Regards,
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Devrim GUNDUZ
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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Will new release require an initdb?
Date: 2005-05-08 16:36:55
Message-ID: 12087.1115570215@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> writes:
> The question is in the subject line: Will the new dot releases require an
> initdb, since they will play with system catalogs?

No. See the release notes --- it's the DBA who has to do the playing.
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release.html

regards, tom lane