tushar <tushar(dot)ahuja(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> I have installed PG v9.6 / v9.5 , if we run pg_resetwal from v10
> binaries against data directory of v9.6/9.5 ,getting this error -
> centos(at)centos-cpula bin]$ ./pg_resetwal -D /tmp/pg9.6/bin/data/
> pg_resetwal: pg_control exists but is broken or unknown version; ignoring it
> pg_resetwal: could not open directory "pg_wal": No such file or directory
This is pretty much exactly what I'd expect. Why would you think
that pg_resetwal should work with other major versions?
(Maybe we should have it look at PG_VERSION and refuse to do anything
if that doesn't have the expected contents.)
regards, tom lane