Re: System (and DB) upgrade problem., "part 2"

On 2021-01-18 05:33:05 +0100, W.P. wrote:
> Now I have problem with 9.6 -> 10.7 (Fedora 27 -> 28) upgrade.
> As expected after system upgrade, database fails to start "files
> incompatible with binaries".
>
> Found pg_upgrade, command line options "-b /usr/lib/pgsql/postgresql-9.6/bin
> -B /usr/bin -d /var/lib/pgsql/data/" BUT what should I put for option -D?
> ("new cluster data") Was (directory) already created for me (during system
> upgrade), or have I to create it somewhere (where? is best practice).

The Debian/Ubuntu package contains a script pg_upgradecluster which
knows about the distribution-specific directory layout. You would
normally use that script instead pg_upgrade directly.

Maybe the Fedora package has something similar?

        hp

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