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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Ronit Allen <ronit.allen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: pg_upgrade with postgis
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 02:12:40AM +0300, Ronit Allen wrote:
> Hi -
>  
> Thanks.
> As we installed using pg repos (yum) I don't think it will allow me to
> re-install postgis.
> Is it possible to specify a target cluster for a postgis install from repo or
> will it need to be installed from source?

You just need to have a valid data directory and binaries --- you don't
need source.

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> Thanks again.
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 04:15:31PM +0300, Ronit Allen wrote:
>     > HI -
>     >
>     > I am looking to upgrade our postgresql 9 to 9,2 using pg_upgrade.
>     >
>     > We have postgis installed on the current cluster (9).
>     >
>     > Both postgresql and postgis was installed using the pg repos.
>     >
>     > Will I need to re-install postgis after running pg_upgrade?
> 
>     You will need to have all plug-in stuff installed in the new
>     cluster before running pg_upgrade.  You should then be able to run
>     pg_upgrade and all your postgis data will be migrated.
> 
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> 

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