Re: pg_upgrade and ubuntu

Jonathan Vanasco-7 wrote
> I ran into an issue migrating from 9.1 to 9.3 on ubuntu using pg_upgrade
>
> the default ubuntu package, and the one from postgresql.org, both store
> `postgresql.conf` in etc as `/etc/postgresql/VERSION/main/postgresql.conf`
>
> however, the pg_upgrade script expects it in the `datadir`.
>
> the simple solution seems to be just symlinking the /etc files into the
> data dirs.
>
> it took me a while to realize this was the error.
>
> it might make sense to upgrade the docs with a note about what should be
> in the data dir to enable an upgrade.

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Using_pg_upgrade_on_Ubuntu/Debian

It would make more sense for the Debian packagers people to write a
pg_upgradecluster wrapper like they have done for the other key programs.

David J.

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