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Thomas G. Lockhart
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Include instructions on perl installation.
Already in product docs since they were built on my machine.
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<Para>
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If the <application>pg_dumpall</application> command seems to take a long time and you think
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If the <application>pg_dumpall</application> command
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seems to take a long time and you think
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it might have died, then, from another terminal, type
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<programlisting>
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<Para>
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Please note that if you are upgrading from a version prior to
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<ProductName>Postgres95</ProductName> v1.09 then you must back up your database, install
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<ProductName>Postgres95</ProductName> v1.09, restore your database, then back it up again.
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You should also read the release notes which should cover any release-specific issues.
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<ProductName>Postgres95</ProductName> v1.09 then you must back up your database,
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install
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<ProductName>Postgres95</ProductName> v1.09, restore your database,
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then back it up again.
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You should also read the release notes which should cover any
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release-specific issues.
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<caution>
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You must make sure that your database is not updated in the middle of
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your backup. If necessary, bring down postmaster, edit the permissions
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in file <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf</filename> to allow only you on, then
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in file <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf</filename>
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to allow only you on, then
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bring <application>postmaste</application>r back up.
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<Step Performance="optional">
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<Para>
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If you used the <option>--with-perl</option> option to configure, check
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the install log to see whether the Perl module was actually installed.
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If you've followed our advice to make the Postgres files be owned by
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an unprivileged userid, then the Perl module won't have been installed,
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for lack of write privileges on the Perl library directories. You can
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complete its installation, either now or later, by becoming the user that
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does own the Perl library (often root) (via <command>su</command>) and doing
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<ProgramListing>
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$ cd /usr/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/perl5
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$ gmake install
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</ProgramListing>
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</Para>
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</Step>
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<Step Performance="required">
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If it has not already been done, then prepare account <literal>postgres</literal>
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Questions? Bugs? Feedback?
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First, read the files in directory /usr/src/pgsql/doc. The FAQ in
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this directory may be particularly useful.
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First, read the files in directory <filename>/usr/src/pgsql/doc/</filename>.
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The FAQ in this directory may be particularly useful.
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If <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> failed to compile on your computer then fill out the form
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in file /usr/src/pgsql/doc/bug.template and mail it to the location
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indicated at the top of the form.
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If <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> failed to compile on your computer
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then fill out the form in file <filename>/usr/src/pgsql/doc/bug.template</filename>
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and mail it to the location indicated at the top of the form.
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Mail questions to
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<ULink url="pgsql-questions@postgresql.org">pgsql-questions@postgresql.org</ULink>.
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For more information on the various mailing lists, see
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Check on the web site at
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<ULink url="http://www.postgresql.org">http://www.postgresql.org</ULink>
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and look for the mailing lists.
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For more information on the various support mailing lists.
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</Sect1>
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