New PostgreSQL microreleases with two security fixes and several bug fixes was just announced publically.
I spent the morning with the packaging orgy for Debian unstable and experimental (now uploaded), Debian Wheezy (update sent to security team), Ubuntu hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise (LP #1008317) and my backports PPA.
I tested these fairly thoroughly, but please let me know if you encounter any problem with these.
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#1 by Frank on 2012/06/05 - 20:45
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Would it be possible to create patch-installer for PostgreSQL that doesn’t need a stop&start of the database? Like Ksplice does for Linux.
#2 by pitti on 2012/06/06 - 05:50
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There is currently no solid technology to patch a running executable, except for tiny changes (which new microreleases are very much not). It is very unlikely to ever happen for PostgreSQL.
#3 by Marti Raudsepp on 2012/06/06 - 22:14
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@Frank
You can use policy-rc.d to prevent automatic service restarts during upgrades, and then perform the restarts later during your maintenance window. Unfortunately its usage is VERY confusing:
http://people.debian.org/~hmh/invokerc.d-policyrc.d-specification.txt