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Installation
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Operation
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5. Release Notes
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- Release 6.4.1
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- Migration to v6.4.1
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+ Release 6.4.2
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+ Migration to v6.4.2
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Detailed Change List
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List of Tables
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Chapter 2. Ports
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- This manual describes version 6.4.1 of Postgres. The
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+ This manual describes version 6.4.2 of Postgres. The
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Postgres developer community has compiled and tested
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Table 2-1. Supported Platforms
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- AIX 4.2.1 RS6000 v6.4.1 1998-10-27 (Andreas Zeugswetter)
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- BSDI x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-25 (Bruce Momjian
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- FreeBSD x86 v6.4.1 1998-10-26 (Tatsuo Ishii, Marc
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+ BSDI x86 v6.4.2 1998-10-25 (Bruce Momjian
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- Digital Unix Alpha v6.4.1 1998-10-29 Minor patchable problems
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+ Digital Unix Alpha v6.4.2 1998-10-29 Minor patchable problems
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