Re: Compilation probl with Postgres 7.3.1

[Gerhard Hintermayer <g(dot)hintermayer(at)inode(dot)at>]

Andreas Pflug wrote:

> Dave Page wrote:
>
> >  
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org 
> > > [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Gerhard 
> > > Hintermayer
> > > Sent: 15 December 2005 15:27
> > > To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Compilation probl with Postgres 7.3.1
> > >
> > >
> > > Upgrading to 7.3.12 won't solve the "unsupported frontend protocol", 
> > > and
> > > the members for pgNotify are the same as in 7.3.1 :-(
> > > I'd really like to upgrade, but unfortunately the DB-server is 
> > > running at
> > > least 6*24, so ther's not a lot time to upgrade and test all involved
> > > applications (which are quite a lot)
> >
> >
> >
> > I think what he means is that the .12 is a good indicator of how old the
> > version is.
>
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> Upgrading to 7.3.12 should be a simple make; make install; stop and 
> restart server. To perform a smooth update, you could consider using 
> Slony-I to have an up-to-date replication. This would allow you to 
> switch over virtually seamlessly (if your current machine is big 
> enough, I doubt it when looking at your pgsql version, could be even 
> on the same box).
As I wrote above. An upgrade to 7.3.12 neither solves the "unsupported 
frontend protocol" nor the compilation problem, the structure pgNotify 
is exactly the same as in 7.3.1.
I think there are still a lot of 7.3.* versions out there, and they all 
have to suffer from that problems.

regards
Gerhard