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Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:59:48 -0500
From: "Kevin Grittner" <kgrittn@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: Using pre-configured vs building Postgres
To: "Armin Resch" <reschab@gmail.com>,"Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Armin Resch wrote:

> one needs to evaluate to what extent an upgrade of postgres is contained

PostgreSQL minor releases (where the version number matches to the
left of the second dot) only contain fixes for bugs and security
vulnerabilities. Dependencies on other packages should not change.

http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/

-Kevin


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