Re: pg_upgrade --logfile option documentation
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-02-28T19:15:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 01:24:45PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > > Running this script will delete the old cluster's data files: > > /usr/local/pgdev/pg_upgrade/delete_old_cluster.sh > > 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? Yes, it is true that that is the danger point, and also it is much less likely to fail at that point --- it usually happens during the schema creation. I would have to add some more conditional wording without clearly stating if the old suffix is present. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. +