On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 06:18:35PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:48:52PM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've played with trying to find out which minimal set of files I need
> > from the old version to make pg_upgrade work. Interestingly, this
> > includes the good old postmaster binary:
> >
> > $ sudo -u postgres pgsql/bin/pg_upgrade -b /var/tmp/pgsql/bin/ -B /usr/lib/postgresql/9.5/bin/ -d
/etc/postgresql/9.5/main-D /tmp/9.5/data
> > Finding the real data directory for the old cluster sh: 1: /var/tmp/pgsql/bin/postmaster: not found
> >
> > Could not get data directory using "/var/tmp/pgsql/bin/postmaster" -D "/etc/postgresql/9.5/main" -C data_directory:
Nosuch file or directory
> > Failure, exiting
> >
> > I think it should just use "postgres" there, patch attached. (If we
> > need to be compatible with postmaster-only PG versions from the last
> > century, it should try both names.)
>
> Yes, I think you are right. I see pg_ctl using the 'postgres' binary,
> so pg_upgrade should do the same. I will apply this patch soon, and see
> if there are any other 'postmaster' mentions that need updating.
Patch applied. Thanks.
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