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diff --git a/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-message b/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-message index 5138a7841bee..f3a38abc077a 100644 --- a/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-message +++ b/databases/postgresql-devel/pkg-message @@ -2,27 +2,23 @@ * IMPORTANT UPGRADE NOTICE * IMPORTANT UPGRADE NOTICE * -The PostgreSQL port now obeys hier(7) by default, which means that it -installs into: +If you have not backed up your data from the previous version, revert +to using an older copy of this port and dump your data before +proceeding. Upgrading without performing a dump will likely result in +instability, data loss, interoperability problems, and performance +issues. It is recommended that you re-initdb between upgrades. If +you have made a backup, ignore this warning. -/usr/local/bin -/usr/local/lib -/usr/local/include (NOTE! Changed again in 7.2, since PostgreSQL - handles standard install nowadays) +Please remember to keep PostgreSQL client installations in sync with +the server. -You *must* move away your old installation from users' and -ldconfig(8)'s PATHs. +You might want to add the following tunable to /etc/make.conf -The pgsql user's home dir is /usr/local/pgsql by default, but can be -changed with for example chpass(1). Datadir defaults to ~pgsql/data, -but can be changed by modifying the ~pgsql/.profile script. +POSTGRESQL_PORT=databases/postgresql-devel ====================================================================== -To initialize the database, you should run initdb as the "pgsql" user -(if you want to use your locale for collation, edit ~pgsql/.profile -and set the locale to your preference first). - +To initialize the database, you should run initdb as the "pgsql" user. Example: su -l pgsql -c initdb |