There is one section that changed, concernign startup...the rest is just

changes for v6.5->v6.5.1, so relatively harmless

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5ae66b8853ae2982994359f60b327ea67606f3ac..8815bafd78d1454adca716c6db48e7e6bd44e7f1 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Table of Contents
              Installation                                 
              Operation                                    
        5. Release Notes                                   
+          Release 6.5.1                                   
+             Migration to v6.5.1                          
+             Detailed Change List                         
           Release 6.5                                     
              Migration to v6.5                            
                  Multi-Version Concurrency Control        
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ Chapter 1. Introduction
 
 Chapter 2. Ports
 
-        This manual describes version 6.5 of Postgres. The 
+        This manual describes version 6.5.1 of Postgres. The 
        Postgres developer community has compiled and tested 
        Postgres on a number of platforms. Check the web site 
        (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/ports.htm) for 
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ Currently Supported Platforms
 
         
         Platforms listed for v6.3.x and v6.4.x should also 
-       work with v6.5, but we did not receive explicit 
+       work with v6.5.1, but we did not receive explicit 
        confirmation of such at the time this list was 
        compiled. 
 
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ Unsupported Platforms
 Chapter 3. Installation
 
         Complete installation instructions for Postgres 
-       v6.5. 
+       v6.5.1. 
 
         Before installing Postgres, you may wish to visit 
        www.postgresql.org (http://www.postgresql.org) for up 
@@ -282,10 +285,8 @@ Installation Procedure
          the remaining steps in the installation will 
          happen in this account.
        4. Ftp file 
-         ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar.-
-         gz 
-         (ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar-
-         .gz) from the Internet. Store it in your home 
+         ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz 
+         from the Internet. Store it in your home 
          directory.
        5. Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex 
          then make sure you have a good version. To check, 
@@ -330,8 +331,12 @@ Installation Procedure
          /usr/include/FlexLexer.h and will add a link 
          /usr/bin/flex++ which points to flex.
        6. If you are not upgrading an existing system then 
-         skip to step 9. If you are upgrading an existing 
-         system then back up your database. For alpha- and 
+         skip to step 9. If you are upgrading from 6.5, you
+         do not need to dump/reload or initdb. Simply
+         compile the source code, stop the postmaster, do a
+         "make install", and restart the postmaster.
+         If you are upgrading from 6.4.* or earlier,
+         back up your database.  For alpha- and 
          beta-level releases, the database format is liable 
          to change, often every few weeks, with no notice 
          besides a quick comment in the HACKERS mailing 
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@ Installation Procedure
          pull the most recent version of pg_dumpall from 
          the new distribution: 
          $ cd
-         $ gunzip -c postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz \
+         $ gunzip -c postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz \
              | tar xvf - src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
          $ chmod a+x src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall
          $ src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall > db.out
@@ -445,7 +450,7 @@ Installation Procedure
          $ exit
        10.     Unzip and untar the new source file. Type 
          $ cd /usr/src/pgsql
-         $ gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+         $ gunzip -c ~/postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -
        11.     Configure the source code for your system. It 
          is this step at which you can specify your actual 
          installation path for the build process (see the 
@@ -685,7 +690,7 @@ Installation Procedure
             a. Start the postmaster daemon running in the 
               background by typing 
               $ cd
-              $ postmaster -i
+              $ nohup postmaster -i > pgserver.log 2>&1 &
             b. Create a database by typing 
               $ createdb
             c. Connect to the new database: 
@@ -867,7 +872,7 @@ Installation Procedure
          # Also delete old database directory tree if it is 
          not in
          #  /usr/local/pgsql_6_5/data
-         $ rm ~/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz
+         $ rm ~/postgresql-v6.5.1.tar.gz
        27.     You will probably want to print out the 
          documentation. If you have a Postscript printer, 
          or have your machine already set up to accept 
@@ -894,10 +899,10 @@ Installation Procedure
          send a mail message to [email protected] 
          (mailto:[email protected]) telling us the 
          following: 
-         o  The version of Postgres (v6.5, 6.4.2, beta 
-           981014, etc.).
-         o  Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v5.1 Linux 
-           v2.0.34).
+         o  The version of Postgres (v6.5.1, 6.5, beta 
+           990318, etc.).
+         o  Your operating system (i.e. RedHat v5.2 Linux 
+           v2.0.36).
          o  Your hardware (SPARC, i486, etc.).
          o  Did you compile, install and run the regression 
            tests cleanly? If not, what source code did you