[Slackbuilds-users] Upgrading postgres

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Adis Nezirovic wrote:

> While it is sensible to always have backups before doing the upgrade, it
> is not necessary to run pg_upgrade or dump/restore cycle for minor version
> updates, just follow Eugen's advice.

Adis,

   Thank you. I do run pg_dumpall before any postgres upgrade. The time
involved is so much less than restoring off the backup drive.

Regards,

Rich