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Actual OS and PostgreSQL versions:

CentOS 7.3, PostgreSQL 10.1 to be updated to 10.2.

STEPS:


Stopping the service:

/bin/systemctl stop postgresql-10.service

Checking available package updates:

yum check-update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.mirror.ca.planethoster.net
 * extras: muug.ca
 * updates: muug.ca

libgudev1.x86_64                                                                            219-42.el7_4.7                                                                        updates
pgdg-centos10.noarch                                                                        10-2                                                                                  pgdg10-updates-testing
systemd.x86_64                                                                              219-42.el7_4.7                                                                        updates
systemd-libs.x86_64                                                                         219-42.el7_4.7                                                                        updates
systemd-sysv.x86_64                                                                         219-42.el7_4.7                                                                        updates

Updating PostgreSQL:

yum update pgdg-centos10.noarch
    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
     * base: mirror2.evolution-host.com
     * extras: muug.ca
     * updates: muug.ca
    Resolving Dependencies
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package pgdg-centos10.noarch 0:10-1 will be updated
    ---> Package pgdg-centos10.noarch 0:10-2 will be an update
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution

    Dependencies Resolved

    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================
     Package                                           Arch                                       Version                                  Repository                                                  Size
    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================
    Updating:
     pgdg-centos10                                     noarch                                     10-2                                     pgdg10-updates-testing                                     4.6 k

    Transaction Summary
    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================
    Upgrade  1 Package

    Total download size: 4.6 k
    Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
    Downloading packages:
    Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed.
    pgdg-centos10-10-2.noarch.rpm                                                                                                                                                    | 4.6 kB  00:00:03
    Running transaction check
    Running transaction test
    Transaction test succeeded
    Running transaction
      Updating   : pgdg-centos10-10-2.noarch                                                                                                                                                            1/2
      Cleanup    : pgdg-centos10-10-1.noarch                                                                                                                                                            2/2
      Verifying  : pgdg-centos10-10-2.noarch                                                                                                                                                            1/2
      Verifying  : pgdg-centos10-10-1.noarch                                                                                                                                                            2/2

    Updated:
      pgdg-centos10.noarch 0:10-2

    Complete!

Restarting the service:

/bin/systemctl start postgresql-10.service

Checking the version:

psql -U myuser -d mydb -c "SELECT version()"
Password for user myuser:
                                                 version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 10.1 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16), 64-bit
(1 row)

Still at 10.1. Any explanation?

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yum update pgdg-centos10.noarch only updates the repository definition.

To update the actual Postgres binaries, you need to use

yum update postgresql10
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  • Thanks. Is this the reason why yum check-update now shows packages it did not at its previous invocation? postgresql10.x86_64, postgresql10-libs.x86_64, postgresql10-server.x86_64. Commented Feb 8, 2018 at 16:32
  • In any case, after running yum update postgresql10, it works, version is now 10.2! Commented Feb 8, 2018 at 16:36

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