Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: brorfred(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #11090: Unclear error message in pg_upgrade
Date: 2014-07-29 18:58:59
Message-ID: 20140729185859.GT5475@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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brorfred(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:

> pg_upgrade requires that the old and new database has the same install
> superuser (superuser that ran initdb). If this requirement isn't fulfilled,
> you'll get the following error:
>
> "Old and new cluster install users have different values for
> pg_authid.oid.\n"

To me, the bug is that we required both superusers to be named the same
in the first place.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

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