Re: Error while upgrading from 8.4 to 9.3

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 04:56:53PM -0700, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> So for my edification, does that mean  -O ' -c
>> config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf'  could cause a
>> problem or that starting Postgres outside pg_upgrade could cause a
>> problem, or both.

> Starting Postgres outside pg_upgrade would _certainly_ cause a problem.

It appeared to me that it was failing safely, ie, once somebody had
started a conflicting postmaster, pg_upgrade's attempt to start one
failed without damage.

            regards, tom lane