2009/2/5 Karsten Hilbert <karsten.hilb...@gmx.net> > > > Debian has an add-on named pg_upgradecluster which transforms an > > > existing cluster into a new one transferring databases via > dump/restore. > > > > > > This works nicely as long as the databases are not "too large" with > > > respect to the hardware specs they are running on. > > Ah really? Is that a Debian-only tool? > Pretty much as it assumes packages are installed they way they are > on Debian. > > > If not, how would I get a copy on Gentoo? > You'd have to port it (or have it ported by making Gentoo maintainers > talk to the Debian PostgreSQL package maintainer). > > Karsten >
That's a shame. When 8.4 comes out, I'll have to look carefully at the documentation for upgrading from 8.3.5. Thanks Thom
