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To: Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au>
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Subject: Re: INSTALL document alteration 
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Comments: In-reply-to Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au>
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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:41:16 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Justin Clift <jclift@iprimus.com.au> writes:
> I think the "INSTALL" document needs to be updated to tell people if
> they are running a snapshot or beta version older than 7.1beta6, they'll
> need to backup their database, do an initdb and restore their data, as
> per Tom's email the other day.

But you *don't* --- that was the entire point of my email.  You can run
pg_resetxlog instead.

			regards, tom lane