Re: postgresql and debconf [Re: package and dpkg improvements to help autoinstallers]
Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> Taking this line would have these consequences:
>
> 1. If the database version is unchanged, everything will upgrade
> normally.
>
> 2. If the database version has changed, thus requiring initdb, either:
>
> a) the database will become unavailable to all users until the
> administrator does an upgrade by hand; or
>
> b) the debconf setting allows us to attempt to upgrade during
> installation, in which case we proceed as now.
I think this is reasonable. Frankly, every time I do an update to
postgresql that's going to require a dump and reload, I make a point
of scheduling some downtime and doing my own full dump just as a
backup, because my data *is* important.
But on a day-to-day minor version bump, I'd like it to just proceed.
FWIW, I'm actually installing PostgreSQL via FAI and not having any
problems with the resulting installation---of course I'm not using
localization or anything.
Mike.
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