Installation
Operation
5. Release Notes
- Release 6.4.1
- Migration to v6.4.1
+ Release 6.4.2
+ Migration to v6.4.2
Detailed Change List
List of Tables
Chapter 2. Ports
- This manual describes version 6.4.1 of Postgres. The
+ This manual describes version 6.4.2 of Postgres. The
Postgres developer community has compiled and tested
Postgres on a number of platforms. Check the web site
for the latest information.
Table 2-1. Supported Platforms
OS Processor Version Reported Remarks
- AIX 4.2.1 RS6000 v6.4.1 1998-10-27 (Andreas Zeugswetter)
- BSDI x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-25 (Bruce Momjian
- FreeBSD x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-26 (Tatsuo Ishii, Marc
+ AIX 4.2.1 RS6000 v6.4.2 1998-10-27 (Andreas Zeugswetter)
+ BSDI x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-25 (Bruce Momjian
+ FreeBSD x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-26 (Tatsuo Ishii, Marc
2.2.x-3.x Fournier)
- DGUX 5.4R4.11 m88k v6.3 1998-03-01 v6.4.1 probably OK. Needs
+ DGUX 5.4R4.11 m88k v6.3 1998-03-01 v6.4.2 probably OK. Needs
new maintainer. (Brian E
Gallew)
- Digital Unix Alpha v6.4.1 1998-10-29 Minor patchable problems
+ Digital Unix Alpha v6.4.2 1998-10-29 Minor patchable problems
4.0 (Pedro J. Lobo)
- HPUX PA-RISC v6.4.1 1998-10-25 Both 9.0x and 10.20
+ HPUX PA-RISC v6.4.2 1998-10-25 Both 9.0x and 10.20
(Tom Lane, Stan Brown)
IRIX 6.x MIPS v6.3 1998-03-01 5.x is different (Andrew
Martin)
linux 2.0.x Alpha v6.3.2 1998-04-16 Mostly successful. Needs
- work for v6.4.1. (Ryan
+ work for v6.4.2. (Ryan
Kirkpatrick)
- linux 2.0.x x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-27 (Thomas Lockhart)
- linux x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-25 (Oliver Elphick, Taral)
+ linux 2.0.x x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-27 (Thomas Lockhart)
+ linux x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-25 (Oliver Elphick, Taral)
2.0.x/glibc2
- linux 2.0.x Sparc v6.4.1 1998-10-25 (Tom Szybist)
- linuxPPC PPC603e v6.4.1 1998-10-26 Powerbook 2400c (Tatsuo
+ linux 2.0.x Sparc v6.4.2 1998-10-25 (Tom Szybist)
+ linuxPPC PPC603e v6.4.2 1998-10-26 Powerbook 2400c (Tatsuo
2.1.24 Ishii)
- mklinux DR3 PPC750 v6.4.1 1998-09-16 PowerMac 7600 (Tatsuo
+ mklinux DR3 PPC750 v6.4.2 1998-09-16 PowerMac 7600 (Tatsuo
Ishii)
- NetBSD/i386 x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-25 (Brook Milligan)
+ NetBSD/i386 x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-25 (Brook Milligan)
1.3.2
- NetBSD- NS32532 v6.4.1 1998-10-27 (small problems in
+ NetBSD- NS32532 v6.4.2 1998-10-27 (small problems in
current date/time math
(Jon Buller)
- NetBSD/sparc Sparc v6.4.1 1998-10-27 (Tom I Helbekkmo)
+ NetBSD/sparc Sparc v6.4.2 1998-10-27 (Tom I Helbekkmo)
1.3H
NetBSD 1.3 VAX v6.3 1998-03-01 (Tom I Helbekkmo)
SCO UnixWare x86 v6.3 1998-03-01 aka UNIVEL (Billy G.
2.x Allie)
- SCO UnixWare x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-04 (Billy G. Allie)
+ SCO UnixWare x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-04 (Billy G. Allie)
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- Solaris x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-28 (Marc Fournier)
- Solaris Sparc v6.4.1 1998-10-28 (Tom Szybist, Frank
+ Solaris x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-28 (Marc Fournier)
+ Solaris Sparc v6.4.2 1998-10-28 (Tom Szybist, Frank
2.6-2.7 Ridderbusch)
SunOS 4.1.4 Sparc v6.3 1998-03-01 patches submitted (Tatsuo
Ishii)
- SVR4 MIPS v6.4.1 1998-10-28 no 64-bit int support
+ SVR4 MIPS v6.4.2 1998-10-28 no 64-bit int support
(Frank Ridderbusch)
SVR4 4.4 m88k v6.2.1 1998-03-01 confirmed with patching
(Doug Winterburn)
- Windows NT x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-08 Mostly working with the
+ Windows NT x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-08 Mostly working with the
Cygwin library. No DLLs
yet. (Horak Daniel)
Platforms listed for v6.3.x should also work with
- v6.4.1, but we did not receive confirmation of such at
+ v6.4.2, but we did not receive confirmation of such at
the time this list was compiled.
Note: For Windows NT, the server-side port of
Chapter 3. Installation
- Complete installation instructions for Postgres v6.4.1.
+ Complete installation instructions for Postgres v6.4.2.
Before installing Postgres, you may wish to visit
www.postgresql.org for up to date information,
patches, etc.
happen in this account.
4. Ftp file
- ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.4.1.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.4.2.tar.gz
from the Internet. Store it in your home directory.
5. Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex
pull the most recent version of pg_dumpall from
the new distribution:
$ cd
- $ gunzip -c postgresql-v6.4.1.tar.gz \
+ $ gunzip -c postgresql-v6.4.2.tar.gz \
| tar xvf - src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
$ chmod a+x src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
$ src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall -z > db.out
$ exit
10. Unzip and untar the new source file. Type
$ cd /usr/src/pgsql
- $ gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.4.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+ $ gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.4.2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
11. Configure the source code for your system. It
is this step at which you can specify your actual
installation path for the build process (see the
it appears to be a significant issue.
For example,
o For a i686/Linux-ELF platform, no tests
- failed since this is the v6.4.1 regression
+ failed since this is the v6.4.2 regression
testing reference platform.
o For the SPARC/Linux-ELF platform, using the
970525 beta version of Postgres v6.2 the
not get Postgres to work on you system. Please
send a mail message to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org
telling us the following:
- o The version of Postgres (v6.4.1, 6.3.2, beta 981014, etc.).
+ o The version of Postgres (v6.4.2, 6.3.2, beta 981014, etc.).
o Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v5.1 Linux v2.0.34).
o Your hardware (SPARC, i486, etc.).
o Did you compile, install and run the regression
Chapter 5. Release Notes
-Release 6.4.1
+Release 6.4.2
There are many new features and improvements in this
release. Thanks to our developers and maintainers,
has received some attention, and should be more
robust for more platforms than it has ever been.
-Migration to v6.4.1
+Migration to v6.4.2
A dump/restore is not required for those upgrading from 6.4.
A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is