Re: pg_upgrade and rsync

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade and rsync
Date: 2015-01-28 02:41:15
Message-ID: 20150128024115.GA21263@momjian.us
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 09:36:58AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> The example listed works, but only when it's a local rsync:
>
> rsync --archive --hard-links --size-only old_dir new_dir remote_dir
>
> Perhaps a better example (or additional one) would be with a remote
> rsync, including clarification of old and new dir, like so:
>
> (run in /var/lib/postgresql)
> rsync --archive --hard-links --size-only \
> 9.3/main \
> 9.4/main \
> server:/var/lib/postgresql/
>
> Note that 9.3/main and 9.4/main are two source directories for rsync to
> copy over, while server:/var/lib/postgresql/ is a remote destination
> directory. The above directories match a default Debian/Ubuntu install.

OK, sorry everyone was confused by 'remote_dir'. Does this new patch
help?

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