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Re: pg_upgrade --logfile option documentation

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-02-28T18:48:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mar feb 28 15:24:45 -0300 2012:

> I think you should rename the old control file just before the step
> that says "linking user relation files".  That's the point after which
> it becomes unsafe to start the old cluster, right?

Also, if it's not using link mode, what is the point in doing the rename
in the first place?  I was using copy mode when I did my tests and yet
it got renamed (unless link mode is now the default, which I doubt?)

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