Re: pg_upgrade - add config directory setting

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I will now work on pg_upgrade to also use the new flag to find the data
> directory from a config-only install.  However, this is only available
> in PG 9.2, and it will only be in PG 9.3 that you can hope to use this
> feature (if old is PG 9.2 or later).  I am afraid the symlink hack will
> have to be used for several more years, and if you are supporting
> upgrades from pre-9.2, perhaps forever.

The attached patch uses "postmaster -C data_directory" to allow
config-only upgrades.  It will allow a normal 9.1 cluster to be upgraded
to a 9.2 config-only cluster.

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