Re: pg_upgrade and ubuntu

David G Johnston wrote
>
> 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.

Note it appears there is a pg_upgradecluster program, but it doesn't appear
to a wrapper for the official program...

David J.

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