Thom Brown wrote:
> On 23 September 2010 10:51, Boris <sw0rdf1sh_i@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have Debian Linux (unstable) server, and I am trying to upgrade 8.4 version
> > database to 9.0, all developer packages for both versions were installed, as
> > well as client ( postgresql-server-dev-8.4
> > postgresql-client-8.4 postgresql-server-dev-9.0 postgresql-client-9.0).
> >
> > Here is the command I use
> >
> > /usr/lib/postgresql/9.0/bin/pg_upgrade -d -c /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -D
> > /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/main/ -b /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/ -B
> > /usr/lib/postgresql/9.0/bin/ --user=postgres
>
> The -d and -c options appear to be the wrong way round. Looks like
> you're passing -c as the parameter for -d.
Yep, that is it. In fact the error message confirms it:
Checking old data directory (-c)
check for base failed: No such file or directory
It thinks the old data directory is "-c".
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