Well, emerge it again :). You can have two postgresql-servers in different
slots.

2014-11-10 16:21 GMT+05:00 <covici@ccs.covici.com>:

> However, when I emerge beta3, beta2 is gone, so this is my problem.
>
>
> Vladimir Romanov <blueboar2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes. You emerge both beta2 and beta3, then run pg_upgrade for beta3,
> > provide BOTH binaries to it, it converts the base. Then you can delete
> > beta2.
> >
> > 2014-11-10 16:04 GMT+05:00 <covici@ccs.covici.com>:
> >
> > > Hi.  I have a puzzle regarding upgrading postgresql.  In my recent
> world
> > > update I went from 9.4_beta2 to beta3, but when I tried to start the
> > > server, it complained that the databases were written with a different
> > > "catalog version" -- whatever that is, and the pg_upgrade tool requires
> > > both old and new binaries to actually upgrade the database.  So as a
> > > temporary measure, I went back to beta2 and things worked again.  So
> > > what the heck are you supposed to do here, I like pg, but this is very
> > > strange to me.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > How do
> > > you spend it?
> > >
> > >          John Covici
> > >          covici@ccs.covici.com
> > >
> > >
> >
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> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici
>          covici@ccs.covici.com
>
>