Re: pg_upgrade: "pg_ctl failed to start the new server"

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "Evan D(dot) Hoffman" <evandhoffman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Postgresql Mailing List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade: "pg_ctl failed to start the new server"
Date: 2012-06-14 02:49:17
Message-ID: 20120614024917.GI4418@momjian.us
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:41:37PM -0400, Evan D. Hoffman wrote:
> Actually I found the solution right after I sent that email (of
> course):
>
> https://wiki-bsse.ethz.ch/download/attachments/55283107/PostgreSQL_9_M
> aintenance_Backup_and_Recovery_final.docx
>
> Has to do with the order in which shared libs are loaded when both 9.0
> and 9.1 are installed. Renaming the config file as described in that
> doc resolved it.

I didn't find out which file you renamed. Why would the server show as
started while pg_ctl -w returned an error? I am guessing that you could
not connect somehow.

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