> This might be a quite fundamental question, but the consequences of
> being wrong could be dire so I'll ratghr be sure: I need to upgrade
> Slony and the guide on the official Slony website says I should
> terminate all slon processes then install the newer version of Slony.
> My question is can I just build and install the newer version of Slony
> parallel to the old and after running the "update functions"-script,
> just delete the old slony files?

Broadly speaking, yes, but the process should be ironed out on your 
testing/QA box first, of course. If you don't have such a box that 
closely mirrors production, creating one should be your first step 
in the upgrade. :)

-- 
Greg Sabino Mullane greg at endpoint.com
End Point Corporation
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